I need some help advise on 3d text

Collapse
X
Collapse
 
  • Page of 2
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
Previous 1 2 template Next
  • jammer2
    Forum Member
    • Apr 2005
    • 20
    #1

    I need some help advise on 3d text

    I need to rotate some 3d text in autoplay, I can create the text in Xara3d but it exports as a gif file and I do't believe autoplay supports a gif file. What I see is autoplay supports flash or swf files. I'm looking for a recommendation on some good software that creates swf files that will support animation in 3d.

    Thanks any help is appreciated.
    Tags: None
  • Intrigued
    Indigo Rose Customer
    • Dec 2003
    • 6138
    #2
    You can also use a Web Object to display your .gif via a HTML page.
    Intrigued

    Comment

    • Corey
      Indigo Rose Staff Alumni
      • Aug 2002
      • 9745
      #3
      Hi. Autoplay Media Studio offers full support for static .gif such as those generated by Xara, simply update to the latest version and you'll be good to go. Hope that helps.

      Comment

      • yosik
        Indigo Rose Customer
        • Jun 2002
        • 1858
        #4
        Jammer2
        XARA supports png files. In my opinion, this is the best format to use, as you get full colors plus transparancy (with alpha channel, unlike gif).
        I've done it and it works!.
        Good luck
        Yossi

        Comment

        • Intrigued
          Indigo Rose Customer
          • Dec 2003
          • 6138
          #5
          I recommended the Web Object and an HTML page... because of the commeht about animation towards the end of his post.

          :yes
          Intrigued

          Comment

          • Dermot
            Indigo Rose Customer
            • Apr 2004
            • 1791
            #6
            You don't actually need a html page to display animated gifs in a web object, you can just point it at the gif file directly.

            Just thought I would pass that on because it makes it very easy to display animated gifs.

            Dermot
            Dermot

            I am so out of here :yes

            Comment

            • Corey
              Indigo Rose Staff Alumni
              • Aug 2002
              • 9745
              #7
              Yossi is right if quality is the goal, PNG will probably give you the best quality per byte of all Xara's output formats. :yes

              Comment

              • Intrigued
                Indigo Rose Customer
                • Dec 2003
                • 6138
                #8
                Originally posted by Dermot
                You don't actually need a html page to display animated gifs in a web object, you can just point it at the gif file directly.

                Just thought I would pass that on because it makes it very easy to display animated gifs.

                Dermot
                That's a good tip!

                Though, try this... I loaded a 80x60 animated .gif into the Web Object (pointed it straight to it), but now I have ugly scrollbars to deal with, ack! So it seems that one may want to stick with a Webpage where you can keep the "white space" around the image to the least amount possible and adjust the <body> tag(s) so that scrollbars are not included.

                Dermot, or?
                Intrigued

                Comment

                • Corey
                  Indigo Rose Staff Alumni
                  • Aug 2002
                  • 9745
                  #9
                  To eliminate scroll bars from a web object containing an HTML page just add scroll="no" to your body tag, i.e.

                  <body scroll="no">

                  Comment

                  • Intrigued
                    Indigo Rose Customer
                    • Dec 2003
                    • 6138
                    #10
                    Originally posted by Corey
                    To eliminate scroll bars from a web object containing an HTML page just add scroll="no" to your body tag, i.e.

                    <body scroll="no">

                    Right, but I see Dermot had a good tip of just pointing the Web Object straight to the .gif file and not an HTML page that contains the .gif. Thus one can not set the margins to zero, nor can the scrollbars be delt with (removed as you code shows).

                    But, I like the tip! As long as you have room to stretch out the Web Object, then :yes
                    Intrigued

                    Comment

                    • jammer2
                      Forum Member
                      • Apr 2005
                      • 20
                      #11
                      Thanks for your help guys, I appreciate it

                      Comment

                      • yosik
                        Indigo Rose Customer
                        • Jun 2002
                        • 1858
                        #12
                        And, of course, the SetMAsk Plugin (Hey Worm! how r u, Man?) would solve the scrollbar problem quite easily...
                        Yossi

                        Comment

                        • Corey
                          Indigo Rose Staff Alumni
                          • Aug 2002
                          • 9745
                          #13
                          Touche! Put that in your pipe and smoke it "Mr. Scrollbar". :yes

                          Comment

                          • Intrigued
                            Indigo Rose Customer
                            • Dec 2003
                            • 6138
                            #14
                            I do like that SetMask plugin myself!

                            :yes
                            Intrigued

                            Comment

                            • JimS
                              Indigo Rose Customer
                              • May 2003
                              • 1057
                              #15
                              Here is an example of an animated gif in a web object. There is no visible frame around the web object, thanks to Worm’s SetMask DLL.

                              I can’t recommend the SetMask DLL enough. Check it out:

                              http://www.warmuskerken.com



                              .
                              Attached Files

                              Comment

                              Previous 1 2 template Next
                              Working...
                              X