This should be ready and a part of the engine soon =) http://www.lidev.com.ar/demos/extruded_text/
Check out the blog for an explanation of how it will work: www.lidev.com.ar On Oct 9, 11:41 am, "Peter Kapelyan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, great trick! Does look very good...however I think you might be able to > squeeze more out of it... > > If you applied a bevel to the lower layers, then you could possibly have > color on different sides of the text, so it could look more shaded. And > possibly like realtime lighting if you change the bevel angle... Just an > idea - don't know if it will work :) > > -Pete > > > > On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 4:09 AM, Ids <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Indeed, it's just 10 planes with a bitmapmaterial applied to it. I see > > the view source doesn't work properly, I'll try to fix that later. > > Anywho, it's not important how it's done, it's important that it > > works! > > The trick is easier to see with narrow and serif fonts. Wide sans- > > serif fonts work very well. > > > Ids, > > labs.flexperiments.nl > > > On Oct 9, 9:44 am, Fabrice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > That's why its cool, who cares if its trickery if its doing the job > > > that well. > > > > >> It took me about 10-12 seconds to see the trick :) > > > > Sometimes I think you have kind of xrays eyes :)) > > > > Fabrice > > > > On Oct 9, 2008, at 7:38 AM, AlinaX wrote: > > > > >> "Peter Kapelyan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> It took me about 10-12 seconds to see the trick :) > > > > > Probably because you're very smart. > > > > :) > > > > > First time I saw that "3d text" with extremely round edges and amazing > > > > frame rate I said: > > > > WOW. Over 10,000 polys at 24fps with Away3D. Unbelievable! > > > > > :) > > -- > ___________________ > > Actionscript 3.0 Flash 3D Graphics Engine > > HTTP://AWAY3D.COM
