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What’s New

Ulead COOL 3D 3.5 presents a radical development with its powerful new complemen-
tary component, the EnVector Module.  EnVector provides the ability to export anima-
tions as Flash files that have the ability to be edited as pure vector objects, and also
animated within Flash.

The main module continues to move from strength to strength with its expanded range
of geometric objects and plug-ins, enhanced texture options and greater diversity of
export formats.

Ulead COOL 3D 3.5

Contents

What’s New ......................................................................................................................... 1
EnVector Module ................................................................................................................ 2
New Features ...................................................................................................................... 3

Wireframe Display .................................................................................................................. 3
Adobe Illustrator file import ................................................................................................... 3
Grouped Objects .................................................................................................................... 3

New Objects ........................................................................................................................ 4

Single Cone ............................................................................................................................. 4
Frustum .................................................................................................................................... 4
Torus......................................................................................................................................... 4
Metaball .................................................................................................................................... 5

New Plug-ins ....................................................................................................................... 6

Lightning Effect ....................................................................................................................... 6
Text Wave ................................................................................................................................ 7

Feature Enhancements ....................................................................................................... 8

Emboss .................................................................................................................................... 8
Export formats ........................................................................................................................ 8

Summary of Contents for COOL 3D 3.5

Page 1: ...lash The main module continues to move from strength to strength with its expanded range of geometric objects and plug ins enhanced texture options and greater diversity of export formats Ulead COOL 3D 3 5 Contents What s New 1 EnVector Module 2 New Features 3 Wireframe Display 3 Adobe Illustrator file import 3 Grouped Objects 3 New Objects 4 Single Cone 4 Frustum 4 Torus 4 Metaball 5 New Plug ins...

Page 2: ...tor project therefore features in the main module that pertain to multiple objects such as the Object Manager EasyPalette s Bevel function and the Grouped Object and Composition folders are not available Functions that insert objects are disabled when there is already an object in the project EnVector can be run simultaneously with the main module of Ulead COOL 3D The file extension of working fil...

Page 3: ... import With ever increasing versatility COOL 3D now supports the import of Adobe Illustrator AI files directly into the workspace To import Illustrator files select File Import Graphics or press F5 Note Ulead COOL 3D does not currently support Illustrator files versions 9 and above Grouped Objects Ulead COOL 3D 3 5 packages an assortment of ready made objects constructed using Ulead COOL 3D objec...

Page 4: ...e center of the torus Thickness The radius of the torus through its cross section Sides The number of sides of the torus as a polygon It can have from three triangular torus up to 30 sides virtual circle The greater the number of sides the rounder the torus becomes New Objects Single Cone The Single Cone is a basic cone with a flat circular base Textures colors and lighting effects can be applied ...

Page 5: ...nter of the original metaball not the absolute position of the workspace Level Determines the amount which spheres will fuse with each other The greater the level the thicker the bond Metaball A Metaball initially appears as a single sphere The number of sphere units within the metaball can be increased by clicking Add on the Geometric Toolbar Each one can be individually resized and moved by adju...

Page 6: ...ing settings which apply to the entire lightning bolt in the AttributeToolbar Opacity The extent to which the back ground can be seen through the light ning bolt Length The percentage of the length of the lightning bolt to be shown Width The overall width of the lightning bolt 5 Click Edit Path to tweak the outline of the lightning bolt Increase the number of segments for greater variance then mov...

Page 7: ...the animation Acceleration The way characters speed up and slow down while starting and completing a wave Length A higher setting creates a more expansive wave where characters move more closely in tandem together A lower setting creates a more compact wave where characters move more disjointedly in relation to each other Scaling The focal point from which characters are expanded and compacted X Y...

Page 8: ... Width The horizontal offset of the texture The greater the value the more stretched out it will appear Depth The appearance of the thickness of the texture A higher value will result in the texture having a greater raised appearance Emboss switched on Export formats Ulead COOL 3D s main module has expanded its range of export formats to include Raster based Macromedia Flash files Animations can b...

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