| It happens to everyone eventually. While working with | | | | A potential client wants to see what you can do with |
| 3D Studio your 3D application, you need a 2D image | | | | the logo of a company they just bought. They want |
| for a material bitmap, but you do not have access to | | | | the new logo to show the progressive attitude of the |
| paint or imaging software. Don't panic: your 3D | | | | new company. You have half an hour. Let's say that |
| application can be a powerful tool for creating 2D | | | | you are in the corporate offices of a major aircraft |
| maps, especially animated 2D masks. | | | | manufacturer, and they want to see a detail of a |
| You are able to use your 3D application to create four | | | | fuselage showing the countersunk rivet holes. |
| kinds of 2D maps for which you use a program such | | | | You have a laptop demo computer and no paint or |
| as Photoshop or Animator Studio normally. Here are | | | | imaging software. For example you can use essentially |
| the four scenarios: | | | | 2D construction methods to create a gray scale map |
| You are doing a demo for an aircraft manufacturer, | | | | to use as a bump map to simulate rivets and a seam |
| and they want to see a fuselage detail showing | | | | on the fuselage. If the Diffuse color of the material is |
| countersunk rivet holes. You have only your 3D | | | | dark, it may be difficult to see clearly. |
| application on the demo computer. | | | | Change the Diffuse color to a light color for better |
| You have a proposal for a new sailboat, and the | | | | results. You notice some aliasing along the straight |
| colors that you chose for the hull are all wrong. The | | | | seams on the fuselage.You can reduce this effect by |
| client wants it fixed now! You need to represent a lot | | | | checking the new SuperSample option at the top of |
| of small, simultaneous explosions in a scene. Render | | | | the Basic Parameters rollout.The seams appear much |
| time is a critical factor in creating the explosions. | | | | cleaner but at a significant cost in render time. |