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Metallic colors?
I've seen some really nice "Metallic"effects in many of the drawings here and would really like to know how to get a good gold and/or silver metallic color without making the image 3D. Attached is a copy of my image (and many, many thanks to the Xara gang for helping me to learn how to get my shapes to fill correctly - it was a lifesaver while creating this image!) Thanks in advance for help with the coloring. ;) Attachment 86741
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Well Coleen you need to do a graduated fill or you could clone the shape and change the color of the clone amd use one of the transparency tools. Here are a couple of examples someone on these forums posted awhile back. I don't know who did them though so I can't give them credit.
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Thanks SO much to both of you for such quick replies - these are both really helpful, I appreciate it!
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Coleen I was messing around with your file and I got some interesting effects that I thought might be of interest.
Hope you don't mind.
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I don't mind at all Wizard - thanks! I like the one you have on the left, although it is just a tiny bit too much "3D" for what I had in mind. You used the bevel tool for this right? I like the effect, but I really need to practice. I'm getting better, but am definitely not an expert. lol! :D The bevel effect is cool, but what I'm having trouble with is getting the bevel in the amount I want using the arrows. Maybe it's my computer (yeah, I'm using a PC!) but I'd love to be able to change the amount of bevel I get by using a sliding bar or typing in a percentage rate instead of "pushing/pulling" handles. Is there a way to do that?
Thanks again for all the responses and assistance,it is as always, much appreciated.
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If I understand you right, yes, with the object selected and in the bevel tool it's size. That's the slider you want.
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Yes, exactly Larry, thanks! Hmmm, I was just experimenting with it, and it doesn't work quite like I expected/wanted. Is there a tutorial on using the bevel tool somewhere you could point me to? Thanks again, your help is much appreciated!
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I was looking around to see what I could find for you Coleen. This one might be of interest, although not a very exciting presentation.
http://showmedo.com/videotutorials/v...omSeriesID=150
here is another from xara.com
http://site.xara.com/support/xtreme/hints/bevel.asp
I don't know if either will help you much but if they don't one of us can answer questions and give advice.
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As always, THANK YOU! :D You're the best!