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roof_tiles · Guest Offline

ok alot of people find ship rotation hard..because..they havent got a 3d prog, and they want a 3d ship with lighting!..muwahahaha...its possible.

coz ive done it..
all you need is...

Photoshop!
download the trial and do it..if u havent already got photoshop...
or go and but it, its the worth the money!

but if u just want ship rotation..and nothing more..just get the trial.

anyway..more on HOW TO DO IT.

basically..get ur 2d ship graphic (darken it a bit)
and go into photoshop.

1)make a new layer and color it black.

2)make a layer on top of that call it "ship" make everything around the ship transparent (use paint bucket, set mode to clear)

3) make another layer on top of that call it "light1"

4) render lighting effects on "light1" not too bright have it cover most of all the ship, but mostly brighter near the top left corner

5) set the layer mode for "light1" to color dodge..youl see a small effect instantly on the ship image.

6) make another layer..call it "light2"

7) render more lighting effects on it, but make it slightly brighter and only cover the top left corner

set mode of "light2" to color dodge

9) tweak it for a bit until it looks perfect(filter>offset is useful)

10) goto the ship layer and edit>tranmsform
rotate by 9 degrees..flatten all copy and paste into your shipset template(if u got one.)

then undo the flatten (ctrl+alt+z)
the rotate an extra 9 degrees..copy and paste into template..bla bla..keep repeating.

k so the whole rotating part is long whinded..but im a patient person, hope you are too!

ill attach a psd and a shipset template soon

roof_tiles · Guest Offline

ok here are the required files for the above

enjoy! please comment on it or whatever..

SuSE · Me measures good Joined: Dec 02 2002 Posts: 2307 Offline

oh gawd

Dr Brain · Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2003 5:49 pm Post subject:

He is trying to be helpful, let him. If you are going to critisize, be constructive about it.
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SuSE · Me measures good Joined: Dec 02 2002 Posts: 2307 Offline

Okay, constructive criticism. -> READ the threads you reply to BEFORE YOU REPLY.

roof_tiles · Guest Offline

erm hello, show me another threat which discussed turning 2d ships into 3d ones?..exactly..now shush.

be nice..willya..jeez..what did i do to you?

SuSE · Me measures good Joined: Dec 02 2002 Posts: 2307 Offline

You wasted my time on the rotation scrip thread

krynetix. · Guest Offline

scre you guys this is elite

Smong · Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2003 2:56 am Post subject:

Can you make this into a filter/plugin? (How do you make those anyway?) That way you import your ship, it lights it and rotates it for you no matter what the original dimensions were.

roof_tiles · Guest Offline

smong, that is a great idea...what about..if someone made yet another ss ship rotation tool, but with the power of photoshop...i mean..seriously..i used one of them once to rotate a ship..it was horrendus..u shoulda seen the jaggeys.

they shud make a progs, with the light layers..and the ship u import goes underneath..and rotates..then itd be coolio

ill try and find out more information on plugins for ya smong