Macromedia Using Extreme 3 D

MACROMEDIA Using Extreme Trademarks Macromedia, the Macromedia logo, Authorware, Director, and Fontographer are registered trademarks and Afterburner, AppletAce, Authorware Interactive Studio, Backstage, Backstage Designer, Backstage Desktop Studio, Backstage Enterprise Studio, Backstage Internet Studios, ClipMedia, DECK II, Director Multimedia Studio, Extreme 3D, FreeHand, FreeHand Graphics Studio, Lingo, Macromedia xRes, MAGIC, Power Applets, Priority Access, SoundEdit 16, Shockwave, Showcase, Tools to Power Your Ideas, and Xtra are trademarks of Macromedia, Inc. Other product names mentioned within this publication may be trademarks or registered trademarks of other companies. Portions of this software are Copyright © 1990-94 Aladdin Systems, Inc. and Raymond Lau. Apple Disclaimer APPLE COMPUTER, INC. MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THE ENCLOSED COMPUTER SOFTWARE PACKAGE, ITS MERCHANTABILITY OR ITS FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES IS NOT PERMITTED BY SOME STATES. THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. THIS WARRANTY PROVIDES YOU WITH SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS. THERE MAY BE OTHER RIGHTS THAT YOU MAY HAVE WHICH VARY FROM STATE TO STATE. Copyright © 1996 Macromedia, Inc. All rights reserved. This manual may not be copied, photocopied, reproduced, translated, or converted to any electronic or machine-readable form in whole or in part without prior written approval of Macromedia, Inc. Part Number ZET20M100. First Edition: October 1996 Macromedia, Inc. 600 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94103 Contents Introduction Getting ready ....... cece eee c cece ence tence ee eees 1 What's included with Extreme 3D... 0... cee 2 System requirements «0... eee eens 3 Macintosh systems... 0.1... ee eee eee eee 3 Windows'systems 2: cssesansus ses civvemeeeewsews cow we wa 3 Installing and starting Extreme 3D ...... 0... eee eee 4 Installing and starting Extreme 3D on a Macintosh............. 4 Installing and starting Extreme 3D in Windows ............... 4 Resources for learning Extreme 3D .......... 0.000. e ee eee 5 Whats:new in.Fxtreme 3D «:aacuiantmioecaimaimimarwineeaes 6 Opening existing Extreme 3D files ...............0.00000004 6 New Web support features... 0.0.0.0... cee eee eee eee eee 8 New Macromedia studio features......... 00 ce cece eee eee 9 New tools 2.0... c eee tent n eens 10 Lights and materials enhancements ................00 eee ee 10 Rendering enhancements. . 1.2.0.0... 00 c ec cece eee eee eee 11 Hardware acceleration support ........ 0.…