"Aurora" effect in XX4?

**Spinny** · 03 April 2009, 08:31 PM

Good call Sledger; I'll keep that in mind for future reference.

**Spinny** · 03 April 2009, 08:37 PM

Originally Posted by jvila

may be if you upload the xar file would be useful to spinny

Appreciate the thought, but I'm far more interested in the process than in the final result. I see something cool and then I want to know how it was done. I was playing around with my bitmap image editor and came up with some stuff fairly close, then it occurred to me there's probably some coolness in XX4 that can do much the same effect, coupled with the realization I had less than a fraction of a clue how one might do it using vector stuff. So, here I am.

**jvila** · 03 April 2009, 08:39 PM

Originally Posted by Spinny

Appreciate the thought, but I'm far more interested in the process than in the final result. I see something cool and then I want to know how it was done. I was playing around with my bitmap image editor and came up with some stuff fairly close, then it occurred to me there's probably some coolness in XX4 that can do much the same effect, coupled with the realization I had less than a fraction of a clue how one might do it using vector stuff. So, here I am.

That's the idea, I looking other's work I was able to see how they made it, but no problem, see you

**Spinny** · 03 April 2009, 08:41 PM

Originally Posted by jvila

That's the idea, I looking other's work I was able to see how they made it, but no problem, see you

Heh. I wish I were half clueful enough in Xtreme to be able to puzzle out a .xar file. I'm afraid I'm still way too much the n00b.

**Spinny** · 03 April 2009, 08:43 PM

So, Big Frank...is it possible it was some kind of special application of gradients?

**Big Frank** · 03 April 2009, 09:07 PM

In some cases it's kind of pointless uploading the XAR file because it doesn't tell you the steps somebody went through to get the effect that is of interest. That is the case here. In addition to that I'm happy to upload some of my work for open access, not for others. This one I'm not.

However, I'm doing a little walk-through for those people interested in how the effect was created.

brb

PS. no, not a single gradient involved.

**Big Frank** · 03 April 2009, 09:27 PM

please remove this post.

**Nostaw** · 03 April 2009, 09:35 PM

maybe it's done similar to this technique?

**jvila** · 03 April 2009, 09:40 PM

hahahahaha
the greatest mistery revealed.
Thank you nostaw.

**steve.ledger** · 03 April 2009, 09:41 PM

The thread has grown it's own legs and the effect Spinny is seeking is well illustrated by your own work Frank.
The owner of the original image which Spinny asked to be removed after I'd pointed out the copyright concern would righty be just as concerned that you have uploaded a copy to your own photobucket account.
Your link will not appear at TG.
Thanks