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NOVEMBER 19, 2003 Adobe Illustrator CS
But the greatest feature of Revolve (as well as Extrude & Bevel)--the one that really sets it above the 3D features in Freehand MX--is its ability to map artwork onto the surface of the 3D object. I can apply any piece of artwork I choose in any format supported by Illustrator, provided that I have first placed the artwork into my Symbols library. So, for example, I can take one of NASA's planetary texture maps (http://maps.jpl.nasa.gov);  [an error occurred while processing this directive]Apply it to a sphere that was created out of a semi-circular path; And tweak the lighting--turning off ambient lighting and highlights--to come up with something approximating the kind of look I might get out of a 3D program.  Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Next Related sites: • Animation Artist • AV Video • Creative Mac • Digital Animators • Digital Media Designer • Digital Post Production • Digital Producer • Film and Video Magazine • Presentation Master • The WWUG Related forums: [an error occurred while processing this directive] 
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