Dragon World

[molucca]

Rich

[unknownzworld]

Thats different .. I really like that

Unk

[molucca]

as a reflection map in E3to color text. A little Gel glossing added. Rich

[molucca]

I used the dragon brush in Xara X to make a pattern of colors. I exported the image to PNG with a transparent background. I opened the image in AutoFX Gel and applied minor changes. The right half is the modified image. I added a black background to see these better. Rich

[molucca]

The image was saved in PNG, and opened in PS Elements. I was thinking of getting some motion look, and used filters to make several variations. Rich

[molucca]

Since these continued to be transparent bitmaps, I stacked them together to make a composite image. Then made a duplicate and flipped it. I was getting ready to apply more Gel effects, but get too much highlight when applying this much change. If I use the same paramaters to effect the change, I will get opposite highlights. Rich

[molucca]

I was surprised the effect was very repeatable, and I could get the opposite sides. Rich

[molucca]

Now, I just needed to use Xara X, and slice the images in half. I made a clipview of each image. Everything the same size and alignment. Just a matter of joining them, and exporting to JPG for a reflection map. I used the map in E3 to apply color to the test, and added some gel effect in FX.

Rich

[molucca]

http://www.studioe3.com/Downloads/Rich1.asp

Annie was very helpful and made some of the maps available.

Rich

[Mike Bailey]

Looks like fun to me!
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