#Beginner..How do I…?
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Hello. I am using 3DS4. I am a major beginner. How do I put a background
behind my objects?? Example: I have create several spheres (planets) and I
want to have a background of stars.. Can any of you awesome gurus help me?
Thanks!
Hello Keith,
I'm also a beginner with rel 4, go to RENDERER, then choose
SETUP, then BACKGROUND then click on BITMAP. There you have it. Goodluck.
Mark
Keith,
you should do all the tutorials – no excuses, now <g>. Everything you mentioned
and much more is included in them.
Thanks for your help.. I am one of those people who try to dive in! <g>..
Keith,
>> I am one of those people who try to dive in! <g>..<<
3ds is far too complicated to just "dive in". You may well end up frustrated
doing that and certainly won't get the most out of the program. Also, people
here will be reluctant to answer questions that are in the reference manual or
tutorials.
Keith,
One thing you might also try, is to post a question on this forum. (please
note the heavy sarcasm) If you receive meaningless responses which seem to
frustrate you more than diving in to a "far too complicated" program might,
keep reading until you get your answer. There are also people out here who
understand that not everyone uses 3DS sooo seriously. Diving in is more fun
anyway.
Have Fun,
Darrin Sabin
Thanks for the support.. I have learned all my skills that way.. I am
becomming a very successful programmer and I am entirely self taught.. Although
I do use refference manuals alot! Points are well taken on both sides. Thanks
for the help, 3D studio is truly an awesome program.. Now, if I can learn to
design that awesome spaceship I have dreamed up.. (smile)
>>tutorials and etc…
Keith,
PMJI, but I too am a self-taught programmer (for nearly 20 years now) and a
many-hour 3DS'er now, and I can testify first hand that with 3DS, there is no
substitute for doing ALL the tutorials (unless, perhaps, you hire a private,
live-in animat'd expert for a few months).
I found I could jump in and learn a new language or develop a new programming
skill with almost no trouble. However, with 3DS, I did not begin to come up to
speed until I did all the tutorials, not once, but TWICE! What helped me the
most was to do a tutorial, then think up and try to do some variation before
going to the next tutorial.
Unlike most other software today, the 3DS manuals are both useful and
necessary. BTW, there are lots of great little tutorials hidden in the 3DS
reference manual.
Unfortunately (or fortunately!) the depth of 3DS is such that there is no
shortcut. Whether you want to use 3DS just for fun or otherwise, a week spent
with the tutorials will save you an *incredible* amount of frustration.
JKJ