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January 19th, 2003, 08:54 PM
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I finally learned how to make LCARS with Illustrator!
It's a long, tedious process, even with all of the shortcuts (though I'm sure it'll get easier as I learn the tricks), but this is my first LCARS panel completely generated by Adobe Illustrator (though ported through Photoshop to convert it to .jpg for use on my Nottingham-class bridge):
Please note that this image has been reduced for posting...
BTW: That compass rose was a bitch! If anyone has some shortcuts for that, I would very much appreciate learning them...
C&C welcome (I'm especially looking for any alternative color pallettes that people might have. I'm using the Voyager one right now).
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January 19th, 2003, 09:45 PM
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You had problems making that in Illustrator? All it is are circles and rounded boxes and squares.
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January 19th, 2003, 09:47 PM
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Well, like I said, I haven't learned the tricks yet.
It's mostly just time consuming, is all...
And every time I made a change to the compass rose, the layering frelled on me. 
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January 20th, 2003, 02:06 PM
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Heh. The tricks will come in time. Right now I learned to use the scalering, skewing, and rotating tools to get things done quickly and efficiently. Play with them - you will find things moving along quickly.
I have to say, nice work indeed.
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January 20th, 2003, 02:09 PM
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Thanks. Since then, I've completed two more panels, and each one has gotten a bit more complicated. Still time-consuming, but they're getting easier to do.
With what I'm learning from doing the control panels, the readouts ought to be a snap.  |
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January 20th, 2003, 02:11 PM
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Yep! Can we see the other panels? I am sure the are pretty nice!
Also, I will try to get to the Nottingham after I wipe (SP?) a couple more projects.  |
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January 20th, 2003, 02:17 PM
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Since you asked so nicely...
I find the hardest thing is finding stuff to fill all that space with...
I'll post a WIP of the textures as applied in the WIP forum, in the thread "Nottingham class bridge redux".
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January 20th, 2003, 02:20 PM
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Nice work - Are you looking at the panels featured in the Technical Manual?
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January 20th, 2003, 02:23 PM
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That's where I'm getting the basic layout from. Details are right out of my imagination. (For example, there's no QWERTY keyboard on any LCARS graphic I've ever seen...)
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January 20th, 2003, 02:45 PM
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Well, you gotta follow some sort of the interface design.
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January 20th, 2003, 02:51 PM
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Exactly. |
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January 20th, 2003, 06:57 PM
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Nice Start..Its going to take some time to get it..Heck I'm still learning stuff... These graphics take along time to make... I time my self to see how long it took to make a graphic..I made this in 12mins
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January 21st, 2003, 11:09 AM
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Now THAT is the kind of compass rose I'd like to be able to make!
Do you think you could make up a template for me? Just something that I can plop into Illustrator and re-color/re-scale as needed. Unfortunately, I can't pay you for it, but you'll have my eternal gratitude... |
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February 12th, 2003, 10:24 PM
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The keyboard is actually kind of a nice touch
The LCARS panels are pretty, but when you have to do some serious data entry, there's nothing like a KEYBOARD. I thought it was a nice addition, even though it's non-canonical.
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February 12th, 2003, 10:49 PM
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