User manual ZAXWERKS PROANIMATOR TUTORIALS

[. . . ] Zaxwerks 3D Invigorator - ProAnimator - Tutorials 1 Zaxwerks Inc. Temple City, CA 91780 (626) 309-9102 phone (626) 309-9142 fax http://www. zaxwerks. com Sales: sales@zaxwerks. com Tech Support: support@zaxwerks. com © 1996 - 2003 Zaxwerks Inc. All rights reserved. This manual, as well as the software described in it, is furnished under license and may only be used or copied in accordance with the terms of such license. The information in this manual is furnished for informational use only, is subject to change without notice, and does not represent product specifications or commitment on the part of Zaxwerks. [. . . ] Keep your mouse button down and drag toward the 3D window. You will see an outline of the picture following your cursor. Continue to drag until the point of your cursor is over the "p". Once in position let up on your mouse button to "drop" the Object Style onto the 3D model. You will see it change to blue with a white edge. If you do not see any Object Styles in the right half of the window, then you do not have the program properly installed. Quit the program and install it properly, following the Installation Instructions at the beginning of this guide. Drop Object Styles onto letters to make them look like the Object Styles. 3- Repeat the drag and drop sequence again. Drag the blue Object Style from the bin and drop it onto the U. When nothing is selected dropping Object Styles only affects the single object that is below the point of the cursor. 4- Click on the Selection Tool in the toolbar. Select all of the characters in the word "Coming" by holding down the Shift key and clicking on each letter one at a time. As each object is selected you will see a red or green bounding box appear around it. Shift-click on each letter you want to add to the selection. 62 Zaxwerks 3D Invigorator - ProAnimator - Tutorials 5- Now drag and drop the red and white object style. It should be the first picture in the second row. When you drop it onto one of the selected letters, all selected letters will receive the same Object Style. Click on an empty part of the Scene Preview window (where there are no 3D objects). 6- With the Selection tool still active, position the cursor at the lower right corner of the 3D window and drag up and left. As you drag you will see a red box being drawn from the point of the cursor. Drag the box so that the red box touches a little bit of each letter of the word "Next. . . ". Don't let the red box touch any of the letters on the top line. When the cursor is properly positioned let up on your mouse button. This will select all 3D models that the box either surrounded or touched. (NOTE: Some versions of OSX will not show the red box. [. . . ] 2- Undo the changes so the arrow is back to where it started. If you drag too far the light may go behind the ball. Since shadows are cast from a light, you need to change the direction the light is pointing in to change where the shadows will fall. If we want the shadows to fall to the left of the face we will need to move the light to the right side of the ball. 112 Zaxwerks 3D Invigorator - ProAnimator - Tutorials 3- Click in the center of the ball and drag slowly to the right. Don't drag up or down, try to keep the arrow at the same level. Stop dragging when the arrow is on the right side of the ball, but not too much on the right. [. . . ]