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Nu Audio Science ·
Some kind of drop shadow on the drawing modules would be nice, Probably hard to do and low priority but this combined with good gradient tools would allow near 3D GUIs, If you need screen shots of 3D GUIs i have created with vectors no probs 😉
malc ·
Gradients shouldn't be difficult. Not sure about drop shadow - what sort of thing do you need?
Nu Audio Science ·
Just something slight but im really stupid because i just realised you dont need drop shadow 🙂 , Its already there.
Just duplicate the shape you want to shadow make it black and change the alpha value down to make it transparent then offset it against the original, This technique will work as long as the original is not transparent 🙂 , Not a perfect solution but hey it works 😉
It would work a lot better if we could put some kind of edge blur on a drawing module but thats probably asking too much.
Tom7777 ·
you can already make them yes
Nu Audio Science ·
Yeah they just dont look very nice, But i suppose they are okay if you use them subtly, I'll probably just use a single image for the shadow for now 🙂
Tom7777 ·
You can make the method you say better and more what you want by just doing the same with the transparent boxes too. Start with the last out transparent box with the lowest transparency then go in with the boxes and each time it will make the transparency level less and the shadow darker. depending on the settings and way you do it you can make a decent shadow already it just takes more work. I hope this helps 🙂
Nu Audio Science ·
Ah fake the blending, Nice one tom i hadn't thought of that, I may try that out on knob 3
Tom7777 ·
Well as well as working with audio i work with 3d and 2d and video also so if you have any graphic based questions PM me or something and i might be able to help if i know how it could be done. Im also very good with thinking of workarounds for things, for example in this post i tell you how you can make a shooting game im SM -
Something stupid
Nu Audio Science ·
Lightwave EIAS Silo Poser DS Vue man myself, What do you use for ya 3D
I'm photoshop realdraw paintshop pro
For 2D
Nice to meet someone else here in to that stuff 🙂
Tom7777 ·
well i use a load of free 3d/2d graphics and audio software, i have photoshop for 2d stuff.
Tom7777 ·
An i use all the free graphics apps you sometimes find on magazine cds (Fully version) so i have the older version of poser and demo software also. 3d software does get very expensive though so i usually get magazine software versions when ever i see a good give away.
Nu Audio Science ·
Yeah most of mine was old stuff bought on Ebay and then upgraded, It tends to work out a lot cheaper Lightwave 8 cost me £250 ,Infact the guy who sold me the Lightwave 5.6 on Ebay still has one left i think (£74) and it came with Aura 🙂 Photoshop CS cost me £270 same way Silo is so cheap it was a no brainer and the rest i upgraded from purchases a long time ago 😉
Tom7777 ·
Ahh cool, that sounds like a good method for buying graphics software 🙂 I was thinking about getting C4D as it looks very simple to use but can give very complex and pro results.
Nu Audio Science ·
Theres a C4D on the UK Ebay at the moment, I can't remember how much or if its unregistered but there you go anyway 🙂
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=90723&item=7154740640&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
It stands at £25 at the moment its 8.5 XL but it has already been upgraded to 9, This means you can register with Maxon for support but you cant upgrade 🙁
Tom7777 ·
If i buy it i will probably get V9 from maxon and then update so i have full software support. It is less than a lot of other software. Im saving for it at the moment.
Nu Audio Science ·
Hey Tom i dont suppose you've tried using the blending layers thing to achieve glows have you ? Just wondering what it would look like ?
Tom7777 ·
well i usually use bitmaps for graphics but im sure it is possible to make glow effects and all sorts of things all within SM, recently i have been making a synth and playing on a game so i havent had much free time but i will try this sometime and see what i can do, I will make an example maybe. Thanks 🙂
Shifrin ·
Just for the sake of it, I'll mention that I'm using The GIMP and Blender (long time user of both although I spend most of my time in GIMP and use Blender for knobs!) 🙂
Shif.
Nu Audio Science ·
I've been checkin out blender recently, I've been trying to run the version they made for Ipaq. You know for some reason i always struggle with the GIMP.
Shifrin ·
Yeah my brother uses Photoshop/Max at work and he's always at a loss when I fire GIMP up, I OTOH have used GIMP since Uni (left a good few years ago now). Funny thing is I can get around in PS no problem 😉
Shif.
Nu Audio Science ·
I use a lot of 2D progs and i have theGimp installed but my first reaction is always to go with something else ?
Nu Audio Science ·
Single elipse shadow no blending, Dont look too bad does it (I'm zoom in to f**k)
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