2D Icons and 3D Icons Information and facts

Basic differences between 2D and 3D web icons design

Speaking about 3d Icons we should point out that the light source plays an extremely essential role for creating authentic three-dimensional images. No doubt the using several light sources in web site design today is preferable but bear in mind that they should follow basic laws of physics and stay truthful. If you would like to make 3D web icons look softer and much more realistic - use several lights.

The aim of 2D and 3D icons is to represent the volume found in the three-dimensional world but 2D and 3D icons achieve this illusion working with diverse means. Definitely the volume can be represented by 3D Icons to much more extent than 2D Icons. One of the minuses of 2D Icons are flat images that present just one perspective. To this weakness you can add another one - detailed highlights and imperceptible soft shadows are missing. Also the shades usage is really limited.

3D icons have all these functions instead. Nevertheless don't forget that 3D is nothing but mathematical replication of the data that unfortunately restricts its usage. In some case 3D objects like 3D Icons may be successfully replaced by 2D ones or by the videos with the sounds. The sounds give some extra dimensionality to the videos that actually use 2D images.3D dimension can be achieved with the software used for 3D modeling. Don't forget that 3D icons need to be depicted in correlation with the other objects and the environment they are placed into.