Traditional 3D programs are notoriously difficult to use and understand.
Export options for Flash bitmap format (SWF) files.Export options for AVIs (movies and screen savers).Export options for animated cursors (ANI).Export options for GIF, PNG or BMP files.Create buttons, boards, boards + holes and borders.Applying animation effects to selected text.Editing the text for multi-page animations.While you may lack the expertise, equipment and budget resources to produce your own 3D movies to thrill friends and family alike, that is no reason to give up on your dream to produce eye-catching 3D animation. With the appropriate software you can easily create 3D titles, headers and buttons to enhance printed and online publications with the latter also featuring some animation that will certainly impress your audience. Offering to provide the tools necessary to achieve this type of reaction is Xara 3D Maker which is now up to version 7.Īvailable as a download, Xara 3D Maker 7 consists of the main 3D creating program plus more than 700 examples of 3D and 2D shapes, over 400 textures and 65 TrueType fonts. You can try out the product for a limited time or purchase the software to remove the initial trial status. In order to do this you will need to enter the supplied serial number while connected to the Internet.įiring up Xara 3D Maker 7 brings up a well set-out interface that combines the graphics and animation aspects of the product. Occupying most of this interface is a preview area which provides live feedback as to the appearance of your current project.
Running across the top of the interface are the menu bar and toolbars for standard and text features. Just below the text toolbar are the controls to play, pause, stop, fast forward and backwards the animation plus a slider bar to quickly move to a particular frame indicated by a counter. A status bar, positioned at the bottom of the screen completes, the interface.Īlthough Xara 3D Maker 7’s main focus is on the use of text, it can handle various geometric shapes.Īn Option toolbar is situated on the left side of the screen while the area of the right is given over to an area that also gives access to the same option categories that can be applied to your project. These will need to be created using other packages such as Xara Extreme Pro. These items can be 2D objects which will then be converted into 3D using the software extrude facility. You are limited in the support provided for importing items to formats such as XAR, WEB, WMF and EMF. There is a wider range of support when exporting content in GIF, PNG, BMP, ICO, JPEG, AVI and Flash formats.
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