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Newcomers DBPro Corner / Dark Shader Trial/Demo?

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Ifandbut
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Hi,
I just downloaded and installed DarkGDK (I know the forum title is DBPro but this is also a newbie question) and I cant wait to get going on the tutorials. I was looking through them to get an idea on what I'll be doing and I noticed for the shader tutorials you need to have Dark Shader. Now, I got DarkGDK instead of DBPro because I want to get better at C++ and it was free, so I dont want to spend any money right now till I get some experience messing around on my own.

Is there a Demo/Trial for Dark Shader? Looking at the shaders tutorials briefly it appears that I cant do them with out Dark Shader and I'll be missing out on a very important part of 3D programing.

Thanks,
-Ifandbut
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the destroyer
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Posted: 9th Jan 2009 17:54
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brother I'll give you a very good advice.. darkbasic pro is really powerfull and easy to use so if you spend your money it'll be worth it I swear...
and about dark shader I don't know but I don't think that there is a trial..
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Ifandbut
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Posted: 9th Jan 2009 19:11
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I'm sure DBPRo is worth the money, however I also want to get some experience with C++ as it is a more standard language then Basic, that is why I went with DarkGDK for now. If there is no free trial of Dark Shader could someone at least point me to some general shader tutorials for DarkGDK?
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the destroyer
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Posted: 9th Jan 2009 21:58
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I'll look if I can find a trial
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qwe
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pdf tutorial for Dark Shader with DarkGDK

http://cpavts.wikispaces.com/file/view/Shaders_Beginners.pdf

ive searched and searched, never found a trial. i eventually bought dark studio to get dark shader as well as plant/tree magic and fpsc whilst saving money. i dont use dark gdk, though, i use dbp
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SJH
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Speaking of dark shader, here's a question thats been stalking me. I know you can apply textures and other stuff to 3d objects, but does this apply to already animated objects? Or do u have to apply the texture first and then animate?
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Siddy
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Importing models into DarkShader, you use .dbo, .x or .3ds - does that answer your question SJH?

There is a video on how to use DarkShader somewhere kicking around. I think if you need to use sharders, and dont want to waste a lot of time figuring them out, just buy it. Or look for a cheaper alternate program that works with .x and .3ds
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