Re: FLASH: 3d

[John Croteau]

Hi Brian ,


> What's everyone using to do 3d animations?

> I'm very interested in this sort of thing, like at the

> matinee site. I've been using Ray Dream but the only

> compatible vector format is .dxf and it's not happening.

Sort of depends what programs and skills they have.

Note .dxf comes in 2 versions a 2D and a 3D. Flash doesn't support nor

is it likely to support any 3D formats as an import. Conversion from 3D

to 2D projections whether raster (bitmap) or vector is best done in a 3D

program.


1) Use a traditional 3D program and convert its frames to a bitmap frame

by frame animation and use that bitmap animation in Flash as frame by

frame.


2) Use the same technique as above but convert to vectors either with a

program trace function, by hand or a combination of the two.


3) Export from a 3D program in a 2D vector format as a frame by frame.

Only some 3D programs export in a 2D vector format and most that do

export do it only as a wireframe. Hopefully more 3D vendors will add (or

improve) 2D vector projection exports. We are looking to MM to include

more options for the 3D vendors to work with in Flash 4. Adding a set of

standard set of vector fills or fill options to Flash 4 will make it

more interesting to 3D vendors.


4) Import or create the first and last images as vectors and use Shape

Tweening to animate the effect. An example is:

http://www.FlashCentral.com/Test/Diamond.htm

This is a 5K file done completely in Flash using Shape Tweening and

Hinting.


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