You??™ll see a lot of letters with
slick, gleaming surfaces and beveled edges??”and that??™s what we??™ll be using in our logo.
1. The process of applying bevels to type is easy, but there are a few things to do first.
You see, to get the most out of your 3D text in the final animation, you??™ll want to
apply separate surfaces to the faces and sides of the text, and to the bevel you??™ll soon
create. To begin, press / (slash) to deselect all and then press q or click the Surface
button at the bottom of the interface to open the Change Surface dialog box.
Note
2. You use the Change Surface dialog box to create surfaces. Enter ABN_Sides in the
Name field.
Despite its name, the Change Surface dialog box is used to create surfaces??”
identify them and assign colors to them. In case that??™s not confusing enough, if
you try to use it to change the color existing surface, you??™ll see an error message
that says Control Is Disabled. The reason for this is that when you create, or identify
a surface and assign it a color, there??™s no going back??”at least within the Change
Surface dialog box. To change the surface??™s color settings, you must use the Surface
Editor.
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