User manual ZAXWERKS PROANIMATOR TUTORIALS

[. . . ] Zaxwerks 3D Invigorator - ProAnimator - Tutorials 1 Zaxwerks Inc. Temple City, CA 91780 (626) 309-9102 phone (626) 309-9142 fax http://www. zaxwerks. com Sales: sales@zaxwerks. com Tech Support: support@zaxwerks. com © 1996 - 2003 Zaxwerks Inc. All rights reserved. This manual, as well as the software described in it, is furnished under license and may only be used or copied in accordance with the terms of such license. The information in this manual is furnished for informational use only, is subject to change without notice, and does not represent product specifications or commitment on the part of Zaxwerks. [. . . ] Quit the program and install it properly, following the Installation Instructions at the beginning of this guide. Drop Object Styles onto letters to make them look like the Object Styles. 3- Repeat the drag and drop sequence again. When nothing is selected dropping Object Styles only affects the single object that is below the point of the cursor. Select all of the characters in the word "Coming" by holding down the Shift key and clicking on each letter one at a time. As each object is selected you will see a red or green bounding box appear around it. Shift-click on each letter you want to add to the selection. 62 Zaxwerks 3D Invigorator - ProAnimator - Tutorials 5- Now drag and drop the red and white object style. When you drop it onto one of the selected letters, all selected letters will receive the same Object Style. Click on an empty part of the Scene Preview window (where there are no 3D objects). 6- With the Selection tool still active, position the cursor at the lower right corner of the 3D window and drag up and left. As you drag you will see a red box being drawn from the point of the cursor. Drag the box so that the red box touches a little bit of each letter of the word "Next. . . ". This will select all 3D models that the box either surrounded or touched. think different ;-) 7- Now double click on the first Object Style in the third row. Double clicking an Object Style is another way to apply it to the selected objects. The picture of the Object Style you just applied in step 7 looks very reflective but the objects in the 3D window don't look reflective at all. This is because reflections are turned off when you start the program. Zaxwerks 3D Invigorator - ProAnimator - Tutorials Apply an Object Style to many objects by dragging it from the bin and dropping it onto one of the selected objects. 2. 1. Click down at point 1 and drag to point 2 to select all objects the rectangle touches. Solid with Draft Textures and Reflections There are two rendering levels: Draft quality and Best quality. Normally the 3D window shows you Draft quality which disables things such as textures, reflections, shadows, transparency and antialiasing. All of these add to the look of the final image, but they take extra rendering time and are not usually needed when creating objects and positioning the camera. 8- To see draft versions of the textures and reflections click on the sphere icon on the toolbar. This changes the display level from Wireframe, to Solid, to Solid with Draft Textures and Reflections. If you click too many times you will see the display level return to wireframe. Once on wireframe click two more times to get to Texture and Reflection mode, and see the reflections on the bottom word. [. . . ] You will see the top arrow has a red wire box around it, meaning it is selected. The name of this light, "Light 1", is shown on the Lights List to the right of the ball. To move the light drag the arrow to a new position. The Light Manipulator ball. 1- Click down on the center of the Light Manipulator ball and drag left, right, up and down. If you continue dragging right the arrow will go around to the back of ball. [. . . ]