CompuServe Messages

Robert: When you are rendering, do you have all of your objects in the view well? they all have to be in the view for you to see them. Then you must move each object to the "Move" well, in order to manipulate them to your satisfaction. First move them to "View" then, you have to put each one in the "Move" box to work on them. Another thought, sometimes my material on the object is black, and if I'm working with a black background, can't see it… also, it sometimes help to hit the "Center" button, so that you can put the object where you can see it in the view. What I have found useful for myself, is to do one object at a time. Let's say that I have 3 objects that I want in my view. I do one after another, rendering them as I wish them to be, then turning them off, till I want them active. You can also "save" the object's position, so that it will stay where you put it. Another thing that I do, is render my object that I wish to be in the background, then save it as a graphics file, (usually as a gif, tif or bmp file) then that view is saved, and I can work on the next thing that I want. I also usually work with my background black, so I can see just what I am working on. I can turn on my saved graphic file as a image for background if I think that I like what I have achieved. I'm just learning this program too, so I am not saying I am an expert! <G> About the clipart, they already have several things ready, and more to come next month. Jinny