nakis Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 I saw @ash’s tutorial on how to make a cube i.e. S3D#1: Different image on each sides of a cube. (EASY). I did the tut, a dice and a Rubik’s cube, not as good as the ones I saw there, but I’m quite happy about them. Can anyone tell me how can I make a cube spin/rotate, is there a plugin for it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyroTechniques Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Unfortunately, because Paint.NET is not a 3D image editor, it is very difficult to rotate 3D-looking objects after finalization. The best solution would be to re-do the cube and spin it in Shape3D before finalizing it. Quote Photobucket Sucks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakis Posted April 7, 2009 Author Share Posted April 7, 2009 Unfortunately, because Paint.NET is not a 3D image editor, it is very difficult to rotate 3D-looking objects after finalization. The best solution would be to re-do the cube and spin it in Shape3D before finalizing it. I saw picture spinning cubes made by @MetalAngelz and by @sleightly magic. I cannot post in the thread cause it's locked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Search for Shape3D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakis Posted April 7, 2009 Author Share Posted April 7, 2009 Search for Shape3D. I have Shape 3D and I made some cubes. Do you mean that I can make a cube spin and see all six sides from the settings? If so can you tell me how please. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Create cubes once on each layer (create several), adjusting its rotation each time and use the animation plugin to convert it to an animation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakis Posted April 7, 2009 Author Share Posted April 7, 2009 I already tried to find an animation plugin without success. That's why I posted this. Can you direct me to one please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 viewtopic.php?f=16&t=28407&start=90 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakis Posted April 7, 2009 Author Share Posted April 7, 2009 @Simon Brown- I found and downloaded AnimGIF.zip, unzipped it and put it in the Paint.NET\Effects folder, with the other effects. Some questions: Do I have to save each layer as .gif file type? How many layers would I need (don’t shock me)? I don’t think I have to flatten the layers. Will it animate only in PDN? Anyway I need all the help that you can give me. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 You need to put it in the FileTypes folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakis Posted April 7, 2009 Author Share Posted April 7, 2009 You need to put it in the FileTypes folder. Ho yes I read that and followed instructions. Still how do I run it, I cannot find it anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Just save and it'll appear on the filetype list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakis Posted April 7, 2009 Author Share Posted April 7, 2009 Ok what I did till now is this: 1. d/l AnimGIF.dll and put it in Paint.NET\FileTypes. 2. d/l download the "library/command line" file from this site. Then unzip it, open the "apng" folder and copy "apng.jar" to your "Paint.NET user files" folder. and yes I tried to save a file and there are options to save in .agif and .apng. But still I cannot find it to run it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Run what? The plugin simply allows PDN to save as AGIF and APNG. AGIF is lower quality, smaller size and more compatibly - APNG is higher quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakis Posted April 7, 2009 Author Share Posted April 7, 2009 OK I got that. I have an animated file; I changed its file extension from .gif to .agif and open it in PDN, perfect got every single frame in different (nameless) layers then tried to save it as .apng and got this error. Each frame is 50x37 pixels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 That's how it's meant to be - just continue saving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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