RE: Has anyone checked out MATINEE?

[Carrie Dailey]

Well, I fired off another question about file formats before I got to your

explanation, John.  I agree that the size would be prohibitive for most

uses, however, there are certain instances where this could be extremely

useful.

I liked the Matinee animation techniques and the way everything was put

together but it's a little loud and flashy for my  tastes.  I will

definately bookmark the site, though, because it is so unlike anything I

have seen before.


Carrie

>

>

> 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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