Import/Trace Logos
03-Sep-94 01:05:10
Sb: #121802-Import/Trace Logos
Fm: Gary K. Sim 71175,2104
To: Brent Bonet 73617,2423
It's a little obscure, and I was a touch off with my terminology. It's covered
on pages 3-58 and 3-59 of the manual. You assign a background image as usual in
the 3D editor or keyframer, then go to the 2dshaper, select See Background from
the pulldown Views menu. You can use Adjust Background to adjust the contrast
of the "proxy" background. The background can be any of the file types
supported by 3DS for direct use as a background.
Once the proxy image is displayed, you can trace around it. You can't zoom in
to trace in more accurate detail, this throws the background image out of size
with the tracing. But you can, of course, refine the shape(s) after the basic
tracing has been done.
Hope this helps you out, Gary