Building Bee Movie Letters - Polyloop

Tassilo · 30th December 2007, 12:48

Hello, loops.

I'm having a quite basic, but big problem with both Carrara and Hexagon. I want to build up letters in "Bee Movie" style as seen on http://costumzee.com/view/wp-content.../bee_movie.png for example.
My problem is that I can't use Futura Extra Bold from within Carrara (just lets me chose Futura or Futura condensed). When I create an .ai of the typo, Carrara imports it very edgy and without interpolation. Same with Hexagon.
Anybody got a clue, how I could work with Futura from within these applications or import the type outlines smoothed to have them extruded?
Thank you,
Tassilo

Attached is a preview of the imported .ai-text.

rickei · 30th December 2007, 14:51

in the Carrara vertex room under geometry -> surface fidelity...set it to 400% or above. It will still look bad in the vertex room, but will look good in the assembly room and renders.

an other way is in Illustrator, go to object -> path -> add anchor points

bwtr · 31st December 2007, 02:24

I have been "fiddling" trying to emulate that BEE --in Hex,Carrara,Amapi,ViaCad, MoI etc. What a learning exercise on the various differences and limitations of the various apps.

Here some exercises in Arial Black in Carrara and MoI.

30th December 2007, 12:48	#1 (permalink)
Tassilo Illustrator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cologne, Germany Posts: 62	Building Bee Movie Letters Hello, loops. I'm having a quite basic, but big problem with both Carrara and Hexagon. I want to build up letters in "Bee Movie" style as seen on http://costumzee.com/view/wp-content.../bee_movie.png for example. My problem is that I can't use Futura Extra Bold from within Carrara (just lets me chose Futura or Futura condensed). When I create an .ai of the typo, Carrara imports it very edgy and without interpolation. Same with Hexagon. Anybody got a clue, how I could work with Futura from within these applications or import the type outlines smoothed to have them extruded? Thank you, Tassilo Attached is a preview of the imported .ai-text. Attached Thumbnails

31st December 2007, 02:24	#3 (permalink)
bwtr Brian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: South Australia Posts: 2,086	I have been "fiddling" trying to emulate that BEE --in Hex,Carrara,Amapi,ViaCad, MoI etc. What a learning exercise on the various differences and limitations of the various apps. Here some exercises in Arial Black in Carrara and MoI. Attached Thumbnails

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30th December 2007, 14:51	#2 (permalink)
rickei Respect the Dawg! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: USA - Conway, South Carolina Posts: 784	in the Carrara vertex room under geometry -> surface fidelity...set it to 400% or above. It will still look bad in the vertex room, but will look good in the assembly room and renders. an other way is in Illustrator, go to object -> path -> add anchor points