ortablaze opened this issue on Aug 06, 2003 ยท 9 posts
ortablaze posted Wed, 06 August 2003 at 4:51 PM
I have bryce 5 and i'm fairly new at it. I would appreciate any info in making text into 3D. Also, what good programs can i use to create the same effect. thaks for any info.
Rochr posted Wed, 06 August 2003 at 4:58 PM
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You can create text with the help of latticse, but the easiest way is a small free app called Elefont. Heres a URL.Rudolf Herczog
Digital Artist
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Rochr posted Wed, 06 August 2003 at 4:58 PM
latticse=lattices
Rudolf Herczog
Digital Artist
www.rochr.com
danamo posted Wed, 06 August 2003 at 5:04 PM
Hey ortablaze, besides importing a picture with text on it into Bryce's terrain editor, ther are several programs out there that can do this. A great little dedicated program for doing this is Elefont, by Armanisoft. It's free, it works with any TrueType font, it's dead simple to use, and it works great. Just do a google search for Elefont.
danamo posted Wed, 06 August 2003 at 5:05 PM
Thanks Rochr, I was slow on the draw there.
shadowdragonlord posted Wed, 06 August 2003 at 7:20 PM
I use Ray Dream Studio, it has a text-maker, uses True-Type fonts, can bevel or chamfer either inside or outside or front/back edges, and can export in just about any format. Just an idea for you!
ortablaze posted Thu, 07 August 2003 at 12:00 AM
wow. i'm surprised with the feedback. really helpful information guys, thank you very much. This will really help me out with my designs.
Claymor posted Thu, 07 August 2003 at 9:24 AM
You might have seen posts about another freeware program called Wings3D...it allows you to do text with any font on your computer as well.
pakled posted Thu, 07 August 2003 at 12:38 PM
Elefont is the more versitile of the 2, but then it's designed for this..Wings will do 3d fonts as well. Elefont exports as a .dxf file (maybe other formats, but I was looking for .3ds), but I've been able to do the Stargate font in it (in .dxf..maybe I need to drag it to Anim8tor [another free modeller, we're knee deep in them.
http://www.anim8or.com ]Br> to do the conversion. I'd recommend any of the above, or all 3.
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