9nine9 Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Can any one give me a pointer in the right direction to do 3D Text? My Boss wants me to take the Company name and make a 3D Image out of it. But I am not realy sure were to Start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyGormezano Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 A:M has a font wizard for taking text and creating a 3d model. To start - In your model window - Right click (PC) - Select Plug-Ins, Wizard, Font. Type the text into window - choose the font you want to use, use the options as set - say ok if you get some silly message warning about clearances - and Voila! You can play with the various settings - after you see what you get with the default settings. If your company logo is a special font - or special design, A:M also has an AI (adobe illustrator) wizard, that takes an ai file and creates a 3d model. Same thing - except rt click - select plugins, wizards, AI - then browse for the file in ai format (I believe has to be ai ver 8 or less). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Rogers Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 There's also a font wizard tutorial here if you have the bandwidth - it's 38MB. You'll need the Camtasia Ensharpen codec (linked to on that page). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9nine9 Posted September 15, 2006 Author Share Posted September 15, 2006 OK the wizard works great for the font but I cant get my *.ai files to show up. I have version 10 though. I tried saving as version 8 compatible and all the way down to version 3 compatible but they don't show up when I hit ok. AM: just takes me back to a blank screen. Any Ideas?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyGormezano Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 Any Ideas?? I really don't know why - however - I believe I have noticed (in the past) that sometimes after playing with the font wizard & ai wizard - that the ai wizard stops working - I would suggest closing A:M, and restarting it - then try it with a clean new empty model ... what version & platform (pc, mac) are you using? Also - sometimes depending on where (x,y loc) the vectors in the ai file are - you might not actually be viewing the model if A:M really has created something with it. In the model window, do a shift + z to zoom in to where it might have been created Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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