#Lightwave 3d icon png how to#

open the motion options dialog and change the 'target' to the null. then change the main window to 'camera view' to see the background. then open the display options to select the image as a 'camera view background'. LIGHTWAVE: open the scene effects:compositing dialog to import the reference image as a background. Now we need to position the camera, with the help of a reference shot of the gps screen. at the end of this instructable, once you've imported all the images into a single photoshop file, you'll have to work through steps 7 to 11 of the previous project to finish your icon. this is about setting up your finished model on a virtual turntable, like the actual cardboard turntable we created in the previous instructable, and from there generating the image sequence you'll later assemble in an image editor like photoshop. you'll have to consult your manual to find out where specific settings and dialog windows are.

#Lightwave 3d icon png how to#

if you're already familiar with a 3d application, you've got a head start, because i'm not going to explain how to navigate the application or how to construct your model, which is way beyond the scope of this project. i hope that this will be more helpful than confusing.

i've decided to take the unusual course of demonstrating the project using both lightwave and poser side-by-side to compare and contrast methods, while trying to keep the instructions as generic as practical. my program of choice is lightwave 3d, but you can use the same techniques in just about any other program, from freebies like blender, to entry level programs like poser and bryce, to high end programs like 3ds max and maya, just to name a few. in this project we'll instead use images generated from a 3d animation program. in that project i demonstrated how to create a custom vehicle icon for your garmin gps navigation device using photographs of a model car. This is the long postponed second part to my previous instructable 'animated gps batmobile icon'.