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what do you guys use to make graphics?? CAD? some program espacially designed for graphics, or just microsoft paint?

I don't think they would use MS paint. Don't they need to use a 3D graphics program?

sure. you need a 3D program. Like 3D Stuido Max or Poser or Maya or Lightwave or Softimage.... or.. or ..or

A Good freeware tool is 3D Canvas (I use it for my Designes)
http://www.amabilis.com/

i know this has next to nothing to do with illarion, but fadaykin how do you make these images veiwable besides in 3dc.

you images are gifs, how did you convert them from .3dc

I could not figure out how to use that program for the life of me Anyway, i bet you 2:1 they use some sort of Adobe Paintshop kind of thing.

You have in the Upper right Corner a little Button with a camera on it. When you click on it you could render the Picture as a Bitmap. Dont forget to change the Camera to the correct View.

If you make a right Click on the Perspective View -> Camera -> Animation you could look through the Camera and see what the camera see.

(I Hope you could understand my bad English)

Photoshop or any other image programm are good for changing into gif and the right volume

k thanks, all i meant to say is how to get to the renderer :p hehe

any 3d modelling tool will work...

MAX, Alias Studio, Maya, ....

i could even use my selfwritten renderer, though editing the scenefile would take ages....

fedaykin what i dont get about 3d canvas is that the only objects you have are cylinder, cube, pyramid, and other simple things like that, so how do you make all the cool graphics that you have made so far?
i tried using bend and deform but it didnt really help, is there a stretch option or something like that?

PS your english is fine

For the most things i use the Extrude Command by the "Object Building Tools" with this tool you could draw a 2D Picture and extrude it into a third axis The button is under the Lights button. Try this tutorial http://www.amabilisplus.com/3DCanvasDoc ... ction1.htm it explains the Extrude Command. I use the Extrude Command for the blades of the swords/or Axes.

Tutorial auf Englisch...ohh das wird dauern...

Mal sehen ob ich's hinkriege.

In Blender, i once tried an extrude for a Dragon body... then the machine stopped because of too many vertices *ggg*

Does anyone know where to find a good tutorial for lightwave... or is there one?

google offers a lot of tutorials of all kinds.

martin

or...very simple:
http://www.newtek.com/products/lightwav ... index.html

Ok, thanks!

Maybe one day I'll be able to make a graphic for Illarion

Do you graphic makers use a pen and tablet or can it be done with a mouse. I must say I'm impressed with alot of the stuff I've seen so far.

different software, different tools, mostly the same, mouse, plug-ins for other tools, and it goes on, usually with a mouse.