Angler Fish

[molucca]

Under coloring in Expression 3.2 with reflection maps.

Rich

[wizard509]

I like it Rich.
What did you use for the line work?

[molucca]

http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/sitemap/fish.php

Larry,

Just clipart. I make it transparent and draw objects behind the image. I have lots of maps that give a full range of colors. Rich

[wizard509]

Thanks Rich, you did a good job coloring it!

[molucca]

Larry,

The next time, I think I'll make the image bitmap transparent in Xara, then set the contone light to black. This should get rid of the transition shades.

Rich

[molucca]

The image bitmap transparent, and with contone light to black.

Rich

[molucca]

Fish colored with different environments.

Rich

[wizard509]

Looks good Rich, that seemed to work as far as I can tell.

[molucca]

Larry,

I drew an object in Xara using the fish image. I saved to EPS for E3, and filled with a chrome map. Then used the fish png image in erase blending to erase the black areas. Then saved to PNG and used AutoFX Gel to shape the image. The back to Xara for the assembly and transparency adjustment.

Rich

[wizard509]

That looks really, really good Rich.
What is AutoFX Ge and where did you get it?