You of course, have every font under the sun, except for this one.Why? Because
the client??™s in-house print team has decided to come up with its own custom
letter A. So, you??™ll need to build this letter from the flat image.
Note
You can load any image that LightWave accepts, which includes common formats such
as JPEG,TIF,TGA, PNG, and even PSD (Adobe Photoshop??™s native file format). If you
can??™t seem to load an image, there??™s a chance that your input-output plug-ins are not
properly loaded.You can load them by going to the Utilities tab, selecting Edit Plug-ins,
and then choosing Scan Directory. Point the scan to your installed LightWave plug-ins
folder and click OK.
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After the image is loaded, you??™ll see it appear in the bottom-left viewport, as
shown in Figure 7.3. Telling LightWave to use the BottL for the viewport meant
that the loaded image is placed in that particular view.
Figure 7.3 Loading a background image instantly shows it in the bottom-left viewport.
As you can see, the image is a bit larger than the viewport. Creating in 3D is relative,
and building a tiny logo or a large logo makes no difference when it comes to
rendering.
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