easy way to draw 300 computers?

IMO The best way would be to make/find a computer model, then copy it 199 times in the 3D "scene". Render the scene at any dimension without pixelation. Not only theat, but you could change the "perspective" on the whole scene easily and re-render. Post process image in photopaint or photoshop as required.

Here is an example of making a few different sized gears then copying them many times. See the second last image on the page.

http://www.unleash.com/jeffh/gears/index.asp

If you have Coreldraw, you can extrude shapes, each shape can have a shared vanishing point ,or use the page center as the vanishing point, along with many other extrusion options. (not sure if you can extrude in illustrator). The second image from the top right was done this way, not in a 3D program.

JD

My suggestion would be to use Illustrator and search for the Webdings or Windings icon that resembles a computer screen.. or even a full computer perhaps. Then modify it and / or draw a top and side on it. Duplicate this 199 times. You could record an action and press the play button as much as you want.

Hint!!!
Give the top, front and sides a different fill color to start with, ie. before you start duplicating. This way afterwards, when you have the 200 computers, you can select one object and use, "select / same / fill color". (then you can also cut and paste the object with a similar fill color to their own layer)

Another way is to create one computer and define it as a pattern. Then, draw a rectangle and fill it up with this pattern. Try to do the math first. Create for instance a pattern sample of 10 by 10 px or inch or cm or whatever and use this information to define your rectangle. Making the rectangle 20 x 10 would result in 200 computers 😉 And it’s very easy to lay out the computers in the desired way (like 2 x 100, 4 x 50 etc.)

Good luck

Littleboy 🙂

"Aspiring Artist" wrote in message

Can anyone think of an easy way to depict 300 computers in photoshop, in rows? The image is basically a two point perspective, with the monitor faces drifting off to the left. I’m going to put all the geometrical

sides

of the computers on different layers, IOW the top of the moniters on one layer, the faces on another, the right sides on another so that I can do some simple lighting effects work with it. Anybody got a quick solution

or

am I basically drawing, warping, drawing, warping, drawing warping ??

OK 😉

You can use Photoshop for the same matter 😉 Except for the select / same / fill color. It’s a bit more messy.

Littleboy

"Littleboy" wrote in message

My suggestion would be to use Illustrator and search for the Webdings or Windings icon that resembles a computer screen.. or even a full computer perhaps. Then modify it and / or draw a top and side on it. Duplicate this 199 times. You could record an action and press the play button as much as you want.

Hint!!!
Give the top, front and sides a different fill color to start with, ie. before you start duplicating. This way afterwards, when you have the 200 computers, you can select one object and use, "select / same / fill

color".

(then you can also cut and paste the object with a similar fill color to their own layer)

Another way is to create one computer and define it as a pattern. Then,

draw

a rectangle and fill it up with this pattern. Try to do the math first. Create for instance a pattern sample of 10 by 10 px or inch or cm or whatever and use this information to define your rectangle. Making the rectangle 20 x 10 would result in 200 computers 😉 And it’s very easy to

lay

out the computers in the desired way (like 2 x 100, 4 x 50 etc.)
Good luck

Littleboy 🙂

"Aspiring Artist" wrote in message

Can anyone think of an easy way to depict 300 computers in photoshop, in rows? The image is basically a two point perspective, with the monitor faces drifting off to the left. I’m going to put all the geometrical

sides

of the computers on different layers, IOW the top of the moniters on one layer, the faces on another, the right sides on another so that I can do some simple lighting effects work with it. Anybody got a quick solution

or

am I basically drawing, warping, drawing, warping, drawing warping ??

Mura plugin sites are down, unavailable, not in existence etc. Too bad, I would have liked to see the perspective and copies plug-in.

JP Kabala wrote:

draw one then
find and download 2 freeware plugins called "Copies" and "Perspective Tiling" from
MuRa (don’t have the link handy. Check google)
when you see what the plugins do, you’ll figure out how to get the effect you want

Make one computer, define it as a pattern, fill a blank layer with it and play
with the perspective and distort filters.
—

Ron.

Aspiring Artist wrote in message

Can anyone think of an easy way to depict 300 computers in photoshop, in rows? The image is basically a two point perspective, with the monitor faces drifting off to the left. I’m going to put all the geometrical

sides

of the computers on different layers, IOW the top of the moniters on one layer, the faces on another, the right sides on another so that I can do some simple lighting effects work with it. Anybody got a quick solution

or

am I basically drawing, warping, drawing, warping, drawing warping ??

Donna wrote:

JP Kabala wrote:

draw one then
find and download 2 freeware plugins called "Copies" and "Perspective Tiling" from
MuRa (don’t have the link handy. Check google)
when you see what the plugins do, you’ll figure out how to get the effect you want

Mura plugin sites are down, unavailable, not in existence etc. Too bad,
I would have liked to see the perspective and copies plug-in.

The english site is a Geocities site, so it has bandwidth limitations. It’s here-
http://www.geocities.com/murakuma/

—
Regards,
Ben Cooper

We are born naked, wet, and hungry. Then things get worse.

MuRa Perspective tiling and many others can be found at
http://www.boxtopsoft.com/plugpage/
cheers, Paul Shotan
www.paulshotan.com