I guess, you are using the default rendering system which is “Blender Render”. The ultimate level is the “Cycle Render” which uses the “Nodes” but quite complex to explain in few minutes … I’m sometimes lost in the settings but so many possibilities … maybe too much complex for a watchface …
Yeah sorry. I use cycles and the node system but I apparently had scrolled down all the way on the materials tab so when I clicked on it all I saw was my poliigon converter add-on. So I had thought maybe text had a different material section but couldn’t find it. After looking for awhile I realised I juat needed to scroll up to select one of my materials. Haha super noob moment but thanks for your help.
I don’t know about that. I’m still trying to get the courage to try it with PowerPoint. After using PSP in various versions for years, it’s just too easy to go back so I know where everything is.
haha, and these are the words of the master champion congrats for your top reward during the mobvoi contest @GAUSS . No doubts about that, you deserve it for sure !!!
Well, nothing is too complex except that sometimes the 3D modeling effects are lost on the 2D watchface … quite frustrating when you have spent hours (… or days) in designing
No matter @Orakix ! the blender panels are like a jungle … I spend hours to find some functions !
About the materials, I’m still looking how to clean the drop down list to remove the unused one … seems not possible.
Hmm, i know very well that it is a heck of work building 3d watch faces and finding the best material and render settings. It’s the same way in AutoCad. And sometimes it is frustrating. But we are fighters, aren‘t we? And there will come a time when we solve all these problems.
I hear ya. My newest one is proving interesting to say the least. It’s super easy to see the depth from an angle but directly above is not quite so noticeable.
I use Photoshop for both my indices and numbers. I am very picky about presentation, so I tend to use a LOT of layers, with each number on its own layer. I then use my math skills to set the angle of rotation for individual numbers in a grid layout. It might seem like a bit of extra effort, but it gives me the ultimate control over my presentation.
Why PowerPoint? True, Blender is a 3D design tool and is too complicated for creating 2D elements such as tick marks, etc. Why not use Gimp? It is free and is a fairly powerful substitute for Photoshop. Inkscape is a decent free alternative to Illustrator when it comes to vector design needs.
You would be surprised how much you can do with just PowerPoint. It is highly underated as a design tool. @Tomas is one of the wizards with PowerPoint. I believe he does all his designing in it.
I’m not discounting PP as a design tool, but it’s primary purpose is presentation, not design. After all, a claw hammer can be used as a chisel. To each their own.
My Photoshop is ancient and I’ve never figured out how to rotate to a certain degree. I can only click and drag… Maybe I just don’t know how but that’s why I use gravit for flat indices but I can actually make 3d ones just as fast if not faster in blender. The mirror modifier is brilliant.
I’ve been using Photoshop since version 4 sometime in the late 1990s. While I use other programs for specific purposes, I generally composite everything together for final imaging in Photoshop.
… maybe too much complex for a watchface …
After using PSP in various versions for years, it’s just too easy to go back so I know where everything is.
congrats for your top reward during the mobvoi contest 
