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Subject:Re: Am I asking for the impossible (2D>3D)? From:Gregory P Sweet <gps03 -at- health -dot- state -dot- ny -dot- us> To:Erika Yanovich <ERIKA_y -at- rad -dot- com> Date:Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:21:13 -0400
Erika,
I haven't had time to look into them myself yet but Photoshop CS4 extended
has some 3d tools built in.
Or learn to draw! Inkscape and Google SketchUP both have tools to draw 3d
shapes and are free.
Cheers!
-Greg
techwr-l-bounces+gps03=health -dot- state -dot- ny -dot- us -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com wrote on
03/23/2009 10:12:29 AM:
> Hello Whirlers,
> Do you know of any piece of SW that can turn a 2D drawing (with 3D
> icons) into something like http://www.keymile.
> com/media/internet/applications/efm/Pic_EFM.jpg?
> Tech writers can't necessarily draw these fancier 3Ds, but if such a
> software exists they could help themselves rather than turning to a
> graphic artist.
> TIA
> Erika
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