Pluginless Chrome effects

**AndFarr** · 15 April 2009, 03:30 AM

I don't think you can get there from here!
( what is: How do you get to Muir Woods? )

- Andy

**Scotty** · 15 April 2009, 05:11 AM

Hi,
That must be a Xara-Cafeteria glass Remi is using got the Xara Castle in it..or the Xara-Pub! LOl
jim

**covoxer** · 15 April 2009, 06:39 AM

Originally Posted by Xcellent

i hope i'm not mistaken.. If you choose 'repeat' on color grades the steps suddenly become smoother and the 256 colors per fade is history?!?

Yes, you are right, it turns to 2048.

**Big Frank** · 15 April 2009, 09:29 AM

Originally Posted by gwpriester

Remi - That is CHROME!

Yes, very pretty. Now apply that to the challenge in this thread. Well, I did ask you before and it all went quiet so I'll tell you what - I'll apply it.

Very nice. But where did I get the inspiration to create that fill? My imagination? No, the bitmap. Where did Remi get the inspiration for his beer tap and the gold edging to that glass. His head? No, a bitmap. But, because Remi was right in that it could have been done with a fill and it makes it a true vector image without the bitmap, I have re-done the image with no bitmaps at all, pure vector.

**remi** · 15 April 2009, 02:01 PM

Originally Posted by Ross Macintosh

Is that Charles home on the graphic?

Hi Ross,

yes, it's the work of James Wyatt, the architect of Gaddesden Place. The rest of the drawing is a reproduction from an advertising of a german beer company. My goal was to recreate it as a vector graphic, but unfortunately the end result was just too close to the original photo, that I've never risked to publish it (I will ask the copyright owner for permission someday, but in the meantime I will post only these two excerpts).

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Originally Posted by Scotty

That must be a Xara-Cafeteria glass Remi is using got the Xara Castle in it..or the Xara-Pub! LOl

It was planned as a contribution to the good old "transparent beer glass contest" from 2006. But I've never submitted it.

Originally Posted by Big Frank

I have re-done the image with no bitmaps at all, pure vector.

But you're right, that for more complex reflections within the chrome, the use of a bitmap would be a good idea.

Regards,
Remi

**Nostaw** · 15 April 2009, 02:08 PM

couldn't help myself and needed to doanother one

addictive thread... he he

**jvila** · 15 April 2009, 02:52 PM

Nostaw,
I'm not sure if it looks like chrome ( I feel it like glass )but I'm sure it looks A M A Z I N G !!!!!
Thank you for sharing the xar.
Un abrazo

**instinctive.de** · 15 April 2009, 03:23 PM

I also think that Nostaw's work is the best in this thread - looks like straight out of a high-end 3D renderer

**Albacore** · 16 April 2009, 09:23 AM

This is the best thread for a while on this topic board. Thanks everyone for their input especially the "Repeating Tip" would not have made that connection.

**Big Frank** · 16 April 2009, 10:51 AM

Originally Posted by instinctive.de

I also think that Nostaw's work is the best in this thread - looks like straight out of a high-end 3D renderer

It is excellent. I've downloaded the XAR file but I still don't understand the steps required to create that superb effect. I'd love to see a tutorial on it, if you have the time.