spherizing with the mould tool

[Egg Bramhill]

Xhris,

Is this just a couple of nano-seconds after the Big Bang?

[Xhris]

Xhris,

Is this just a couple of nano-seconds after the Big Bang?

Prolly more like a few billion years. :S

[brianlj]

I'll have to try thinking laterally
rather than spherically.

Or, you could think in 3D.

If you have it, I can recommend using Xara3D to do your shading. The "Ball x 1.X3D" example in the 'Designs' folder is a good one, and you can use whatever texture you like.

As they say, here's one I did earlier...

[iamtheblues]

Xara3D! Now why didn't I think of that. I'm off to play with it now.
Before I do, I'd just like to say that I never realised that when I started this thread it would generate such a load of balls.
Saludos,
Bob.

[handrawn]

I'd just like to say that I never realised that when I started this thread it would generate such a load of balls.
Saludos,
Bob.

I do hope you mean that with a positive spin...
Good thread

[salaam]

Attached is a comparison between Xara's Mould Tool and the
spherize filter in Paintshop Pro X.
Is there a way of "pushing" the effect in Xara to resemble the PSP effect?
Saludos,
Bob.

http://www.talkgraphics.com/attachme...1&d=1183976109

This image below was achieved in XXpro, using Gary's blend method.
http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=29494
As you can see it does a better job than the XX mould tool or the Paintshop Pro filter.
I assume that this method was inspired by Penny's contour tool method:
http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthre...ight=christmas

For a vector program, XX does amazing things with bitmaps.
PS sphere, globe, marble, ball

[haakoo]

Just fiddling with Gary's blend sphere technic

Hans