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14+ < td > < font face ="tahoma " size ="7 "> < strong > Manual for version 3.0</ strong > </ font > </ td >
15+ < td style ="font-style: italic; "> < big > < font face ="tahoma " size ="1 "> < big > updated
16+ December 2013</ big > </ font > </ big > </ td >
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20+ < br >
21+ < font size ="4 "> < b > by Julian MacDonald and Peter Eastman</ b > </ font >
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24+ < font color ="#000080 " face ="Tahoma " size ="4 "> < b > Welcome
25+ to Art of Illusion, the all-in-one Open Source 3D modelling, animation
26+ and rendering studio< br >
27+ written by Peter Eastman < small > (and others)</ small > </ b > </ font > < small >
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38+ < a href ="layout.html "> < font color ="blue " face ="tahoma " size ="4 "> < b > 1. Art of Illusion
39+ Basics</ b > </ font > </ a > < br >
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41+ < td > < a href ="layout.html#overview "> < font color ="teal " face ="tahoma "> < b > 1.1 Overview</ b > </ font > </ a > < br >
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43+ < a href ="layout.html#getting_started "> < font color ="teal " face ="tahoma "> < b > 1.2 Getting
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46+ Main Screen Layout</ font > </ a > < br >
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48+ View Windows</ font > </ a > < br >
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70+ < td > < a href ="modelling.html "> < font color ="blue " face ="tahoma " size ="4 "> < b > 2.
71+ Modelling</ b > </ font > </ a > < br >
72+ </ td >
73+ < td > < font face ="tahoma "> < a href ="object_types.html "> < font color ="teal "> < b > 2.1
74+ Object Types</ b > </ font > </ a > < br >
75+ < a href ="object_types.html#primitives "> < font color ="#000000 " size ="2 "> 2.1.1 Primitives</ font > </ a > < br >
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77+ < a href ="object_types.html#splines "> < font color ="#000000 " size ="2 "> 2.1.3 Spline Meshes</ font > </ a > < br >
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84+ Modelling Tools</ b > </ font > </ a > < br >
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106+ Lights</ b > </ font > </ a > < br >
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108+ < td > < font face ="tahoma "> < a href ="lights.html#point_lights "> < font color ="teal "> < b > 3.1
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124+ Materials</ b > </ font > </ a > < br >
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126+ < td > < font face ="tahoma "> < a href ="textures.html#textures "> < font color ="teal "> < b > 4.1
127+ Textures</ b > </ font > </ a > < br >
128+ < a href ="textures.html#uniform_tex "> < font color ="#000000 " size ="2 "> 4.1.1 Uniform Textures</ font > </ a > < br >
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131+ < a href ="textures2.html#assign_tex "> < font color ="#000000 " size ="2 "> 4.1.4 Assigning Simple
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138+ < td > < font face ="tahoma "> < a href ="materials.html#materials "> < font color ="teal "> < b > 4.2
139+ Materials</ b > </ font > </ a > < br >
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147+ < td > < font face ="tahoma "> < a href ="rendering.html "> < font color ="blue " size ="4 "> < b > 5.
148+ Rendering</ b > </ font > </ a > < br >
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158+ Raster Engine</ b > </ font > </ a > < br >
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164+ Rendering Options</ font > </ a > < br >
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174+ Animation</ b > </ font > </ a > < br >
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176+ < td > < font face ="tahoma "> < a href ="animation.html#score "> < font color ="teal "> < b > 6.1
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203+ < td > < font face ="tahoma "> < a href ="scripting.html "> < font color ="blue " size ="4 "> < b > 7.
204+ Scripting</ b > </ font > </ a > < br >
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206+ < td > < font face ="tahoma "> < a href ="scripting.html#object_scripts "> < font color ="teal "> < b > 7.1
207+ Object Scripts</ b > </ font > </ a > < br >
208+ < a href ="scripting.html#tool_scripts "> < font color ="teal "> < b > 7.2 Tool Scripts</ b > </ font > </ a > < br >
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210+ < td > < font face ="tahoma "> < a href ="scripting.html#startup_scripts "> < font color ="teal "> < b > 7.3
211+ Startup Scripts</ b > </ font > </ a > < br >
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