Re: Has anyone checked out MATINEE?

[John Croteau]

Hi Carrie and all,


> WHAT THE H**L kind of graphics were used to create those 3D

> effects???  This is really bothering me.  I haven't slept since I saw it.

> If anyone has the slightest clue about how the buttons (for instance, the

> peace sign, the star, and the Matinee logo) were created, please let me

> know.  I was thinking that maybe the logo was done by simply using 2 or 3

> layers with darker shades below for the shadow?


3D Max was indeed used to create the 3D animations which are frame by

frame animations in Flash. Most any 3D animation program can model and

do 3D animations of this type which can easily be used in Flash if the

program can export in a vector format such as .ai or .dxf. The shading,

perpective and 3D motion are all easily controlled in the modeling

program. But then getting them to work well in Flash is the trick.

Usually it is better to import the frames with flat colors applied to

the different surfaces, and then apply gradients to match the 3D effects

created in the master model.

Their use of 3D is great, but few sites would want to have a menu that

is 280K on their site.

The last time I visited this site, I was amazed, and this time I am

again. Their gallery has some great stuff.

They have added more animation and even improved some of its old stuff.


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