User Guide

Academic Courseware: Chapter 10
Joyce Ryan
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Chapter 10
3-D Effects
Many animators today find themselves moving back and forth between
their favorite 3-D program and a paint program for creating textures
and bump maps that they will use in their 3-D creations. Earlier, in the
“swordswoman” animation sample, we looked at using Corel Painter to
create a background for a 3-D footage.
Working with Bevel World
Corel Painter itself has many tools that act similarly to tools in a 3-D
program. The Bevel World dynamic plug-in is one of them.
Example of 3-D letters created with Bevel World in Corel Painter.
Experiment with Bevel World
1 Open a new file, 640 x 480 at 72 ppi. Using the Rectangular
Selection tool from the toolbox, select a square approximately 200 x
200 pixels.
2 Click the Dynamic Plug-Ins button at the bottom of the Layers
palette and select Bevel World. The square selection becomes a new
layer, and the Bevel World dialog box opens.
3 Experiment with the controls.
Corel Painter has tools that
utilize 3-D principles in modeling,
texture mapping and lighting.
Although these models can’t be
exported into a 3-D program except as
bitmaps, Corel Painter offers the tools
to create a number of 3-D effects
quickly and easily.