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Subject: Neon is driving me crazy......crazier :)

mon1alpha opened this issue on Feb 01, 2002 · 13 posts
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mon1alpha ( ) posted Fri, 01 February 2002 at 6:55 AM · edited Thu, 16 January 2025 at 7:54 AM

Ok I give up....I've been looking for neon strip stuff to...well make up a convincing street scene. No doubt I've missed the obvious places to go so any help advice or directions would be gratefully recieved. Ideally I'd like to make my own neon strip lettering and lighting. I think I'm getting an understanding of how I can get the neon to glow but the construction method is evading me..duh! Thanks for your time Mon

thgeisel ( ) posted Fri, 01 February 2002 at 7:20 AM

There was something like neonletters in freestuff or the marketplace.

Little_Dragon ( ) posted Fri, 01 February 2002 at 7:31 AM

If you're using trueSpace, you can sweep polygons along a spline path. I'm sure that other modelling programs have similar capabilities.

yoshi123 has a glowing neon tattoo sign in Free Stuff. Visit his website, Black Market Render, to find an entire neon alphabet set in .3ds format, along with other neat stuff like buildings and storage bins.


JeffH ( ) posted Fri, 01 February 2002 at 8:46 AM

I saw nothing but T-shirt textures there. Do you have a better link?

VirtualSite ( ) posted Fri, 01 February 2002 at 9:21 AM

Create your letters in a vector program like Illustrator, then save as an eps file. Import this into a modelling program that can save things of obj files. You may have to tinker with the compound paths to get them to work, but thats easily addressed. Export your file as an obj. Import into Poser as a prop and do the rest with cranking up the shahow color to white and working with lights.

ockham ( ) posted Fri, 01 February 2002 at 12:11 PM

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The great freeware program Anim8or has the ability to make solid text. Here's an image I made in 30 seconds of work. A couple more minutes would yield better results! (Set Anim8or to Text; type in the letters; extrude to make them boxy; save as .3DS; import in Poser.)

My python page
My ShareCG freebies

JeffH ( ) posted Fri, 01 February 2002 at 12:22 PM

Neon is tubular however..

igohigh ( ) posted Fri, 01 February 2002 at 1:09 PM

At the 'other' community there is a tutorial in the Ampi forum for making Neon signs

JeffH ( ) posted Fri, 01 February 2002 at 1:27 PM

Go ahead mention this other community by name, we have no restrictions.

igohigh ( ) posted Fri, 01 February 2002 at 1:52 PM

Sorry, got a little ratteled from a very nasty, rude, and irrate individual (not here...at my work..) I was reading this tut at 3DCommune in the Ampi forum when it first opened.

Little_Dragon ( ) posted Fri, 01 February 2002 at 8:24 PM

Sorry about that. I should have provided a road map. :) Click the "Graphics Advertising" link at the bottom of the Yoshi's home page. That will take you to a second page, where you'll find the link for 3D models. Yoshi has a slimy brain model and one of those gigantic Easter Island stone heads for download, also.


JeffH ( ) posted Sat, 02 February 2002 at 5:13 AM

Attached Link: http://www7.general-hosting.com/blckmc/3dmodels.htm

Ah okay, found it. I had to surf with IE to see the page correctly.

mon1alpha ( ) posted Mon, 04 February 2002 at 3:56 AM

Wow! Thank you all very much...lol. It's Monday morning here and I'm never at my best when I'm in work and you've all made me smile. I thought I might get some ideas but you folks....:):):)Now I'll have to ...ermm...ah! I'll have to research multi media related graphic orientated image manipulation technologies..ahem ( and he didn't even blush ) Domo arrigato gozaimashita Mon ps: now I'll have to wait 'til I get home to try all this stuff out...can't wait!

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