Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Creating the Intro and Closing
Image
This irst part will be about creaing a very simple, yet interesing image to be used as the
intro and the closing for our demo reel. The reason for keeping it simple is because what
we want to highlight is the actual 3D work to be showcased in our reel and to make it easy
for the viewer of the reel to find out who is the author of the artwork showcased—and,
hopefully, get in contact.
Prepare for Lift Off
We start by opening up Blender and saving the default file with the name
demoreel.blend
,
in a folder created specifically to hold this project's files.
Engage Thrusters
1. Create a new empty scene and name it
intro
. Make sure the 3D Cursor is
posiioned at the origin of the
3D World
(
View → Align View → Center Cursor
and View All
or press
Shift + C
) and add a new camera to the scene.
2. With the camera selected, clear its rotaion (
Object → Clear → Rotation
or press
Alt + R
) and then move it
14
units in the posiive direcion of the Z axis.
3. Now add a text object (
Add → Text
), then go into the
Edit Mode
for the
text
object and name it whatever you want.
4. Next, let's switch to
Object Mode
, add another text object, and move it
0.9
units
in the negaive direcion of the Y axis. Edit it (
Edit Mode
) to read
Modeling reel
,
then press
Enter
(while in
Edit Mode
) to go to the next line and write your e-mail
address.
5. Now switch to
Object Mode
, go to the
Object Data
tab in the
Properties Editor
window (
F icon
), locate the font panel, and set the size parameter to
0.6
.
At this point, we have the text elements ready, but the default font doesn't look
good enough for our demo reel, so let's use the font that we downloaded previously.
6. Select either of the two text objects in the scene, go to the
Object Data
tab in
the
Properties Editor
, locate the
Font
panel, and click on the folder icon to the
right-hand side of the
Bfont
text to get the File Browser. Next we need to locate
the font, so let's browse to the folder where we extracted the font package, select
the
SF Electrotome
Condensed.ttf
file and click on the
Open
buton (upper
right-hand side).
