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Re: How is this created?
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Wed, 22 May 2002 02:35:00 GMT
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Hi all. Thanks for all of your tips. They will be a great help.

Dave


"Ahui Herrera" <jedi_agh@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:GwHBsM.Kz8@lugnet.com...
In lugnet.cad.mlcad, Mike Walsh writes:

"Jeroen de Haan" <jeroendehaan@mac.com> wrote in message
news:GwH5EL.6Dn@lugnet.com...
5) Create a template in powerpoint and begin inserting your models, • cropping

Small tip: when using Powerpoint (or any other Office application) • convert
the LDR without a floor and render your pictures as PNG with Alpha • channel.
That way everything but your model wil be masked out so that when you • place
it on a coloured background you won't have a white frame around it.

Alpha channels are also very handy when using image-editors.

Jeroen

I am intrigued, does this apply to Publisher as well?  As I don't • understand
what you mean by "without a floor" and rendering with Alpha channel.  Can
you elaborate for those of us who don't know exactly what you are talking
about.

When you convert a .ldr/.dat file to a .pov via L3PAO/L3P by default L3PAO
put a floor plane in your model.  That is say you render a 2x4 blue brick.
If you look athe the POV code you will notice at the bottom a section of
code that says something like:

// floor
plane {...

You want to get rid of this code all together from the plane {... to the • '}'
that corresponds to the 1st '{'.  Also look right above this code and you
show see one that says
//background
Make sure you set that one to WHITE or rgb <1,1,1>.  You can aslo set the
background in L3PAO by setting the colro to white via the colro panel.


As for the alpha channel.. someone please tell us cause i have no clue on
that one....
AHui


I render my instructions with LD-Lite and place the images with Microsoft
Publisher.

Mike


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(...) When you convert a .ldr/.dat file to a .pov via L3PAO/L3P by default L3PAO put a floor plane in your model. That is say you render a 2x4 blue brick. If you look athe the POV code you will notice at the bottom a section of code that says (...) (22 years ago, 21-May-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)

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