How to make texture 3D on face of spinning logo?

[salaam]

He posted the dragon .xar file in #14

[Soquili]

Thanks Anas. I missed that.

[nadger]

Hmmm...

i think im confusing myself too, he he he.

right if im reading your guidance properly everyone i think the reason my attempt doesn't work well is because i kept it as a "traced" image, basically as if i had drawn the outline using tracing paper and a pencil.

but what i needed to do was to trace the dragon (no not chase the dragon ppl!!) and then fill it and use it as a solid image?

am i on the right lines here?

i havn't had time to look at the curved text part yet but i did watch egg's video tut and think i will be ok to follow it. my other problem is i dont have the file for that actual font, well not for windows. i only have it for a mac (so if you have shago regular for windows and would like to trade for the mac version pls let me know) its not a free font thats why i dont have it.

Neil

[salaam]

but what i needed to do was to trace the dragon and then fill it and use it as a solid image?

am i on the right lines here?

Yes, as you stated before, XX fills in the shape when the end nodes join.

my other problem is i dont have the file for that actual font, well not for windows. i only have it for a mac (so if you have shago regular for windows and would like to trade for the mac version pls let me know) its not a free font thats why i dont have it.

In your Mac, shape the text around a curve and convert the text into shapes using your favourite mac graphics editor and then export as a vector using .eps or pdf etc. which can be imported into X3D or XX.

[nadger]

ooops i've not explained very well again sorry.

originally the dragon kept filling in black and i thought that was wrong so i asked on here how to stop it happening, now i have a traced dragon that isnt filled and i cant get the thing to fill up, it keeps telling me to select an item first, i have clicked it, highlighted it, drawn a box with the selector tool etc but each time i click fill tool and choose a colour it asks me to select an item?

i dont use a mac, the guy who made the original logo for us used a mac and he chose that font, he sent me the font file but i use a pc running windows, so i either need to buy a mac or find someone with shango regular for windows. im opting for the latter as i dont have £1300 spare for a macbook

apologies if my previous post wasnt very clear

Neil

[handrawn]

try selecting the dragon and then simply left clicking on a color on the color bar - does that work

[xtreme fill tool is not a flood fill tool it will not fill empty space]

[nadger]

please can you elabhorate on "select the dragon"

i have done all sorts to select it but nothing fills

[handrawn]

press escape just in case to clear - then left click on the outline of the dragon - you should see the selection handles appear round it

[nadger]

your method allows me to alter the outline colour but it doesnt fill it

[handrawn]

can you post up a file with it in ?