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Xilica

09-11-2002, 11:10 PM

could this image be made in 3dsm 5? this is a yes or no question, thanks...if it was, could someone tell me some modifiers, i don't need the specific steps, also, when creating a star, is using the flat star then beveling it the best way to go? thanks.

- mike

p.s. some guy made this

himizu

09-11-2002, 11:19 PM

looks like it was made in PS. I don't think it was made in max, because why would he spend so much time in max making a star when he could very easily make it in photoshop in about 1/4 of the time.

ToddD

09-11-2002, 11:29 PM

I would use Illustrator to make that personally, nothing special really.:shrug: :)

Chris

09-11-2002, 11:32 PM

yes it could be done in max 5. It would be a hell of a lot easier as himizu said to do it in photoshop though. But if you did want to for some reason, I'd create the star as a spline, use bevel to give it depth, give it a planar map for the top & separate the top by material ID, give the sides planar mapping & separate those ID's, copy the whole thing, to give you the blue level, apply multi/sub materials to each, tweak them to get them looking like that. Then your going to have to get your camera set up & apply a skew modifier to it, tweaking for ages until you end up with that incorrect perspective look (see the sides are straight? thats not how max will automatically make it - it will have the sides perspectivly correct, getting smaller towards the bottom)

dvornik

09-11-2002, 11:51 PM

However you make that image you would want it to be vector, since it's a logo. I don't know how to render these vector gradients from max (maybe Illustrate plugin could output something similar). I'd say Illustrator or freehand are the right tools for that.

Xilica

09-12-2002, 12:09 AM

Anyone know of any good tuts in photoshop that teach to make stars? I know how to use the 3d render, but to make stars doesn't it involve anchor points etc..?

himizu

09-12-2002, 12:27 AM

use the shape tool. it has a star as one of the preset shapes

ToddD

09-12-2002, 01:25 AM

Himizu is right, use the star preset in the shapes palette, and then you could always use scale and such to distort the shape. Still say illustrator would be the simplest if you have access to it.

Xilica

09-12-2002, 08:06 PM

dont have illustrator, i have PS7 though. Thanks for the hint. I'm gonna work on it.

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