Hi SB
The three columns with the bitmap fills would look really neat if the fill was running water like from a tap. What do you think?
I got the idea from those CGI posters in HMV but the running water effetc might be just beyond my level.
Worth a try.
The pillars were supposed to be marble.
I don't know about your version of Xara, but if there is a Fills Gallery there should be some marble effects you could use :-)
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Hi, I tried to search for the posters in question but I couldn't find anything resembling your description. Could you please clue me in as to where I could see them? Water running down the pillars might be difficult to show. but I wonder if a still image of water flowing down the pillars would be effective. Might be worth investigating.
Larry a.k.a wizard509
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You might find them in shops that sell posters like HMV. I don't actually know the names of the pictures or artists but I have seen them in HMV or ATHENA.
P&GD7 (the positive responses I've been getting on here and three multi-media students I work with have given me some encouragement so I might give Paintshop Pro 5 a try next year seeing as Photoshop's way beyond me from what I've seen).
Something to do with transparency caused the marble texture to vanish. Still, a good effort on trying tro do something like thoe CGI posters with the transparent orbs on the chequred backgrounds on my part.
I think it's a good effort and don't give up on Xara! Try experimenting with shading to give your image some depth. Here is an example using a marble column and a sphere. I've included a .xar file you can pull apart and see how the layers are done. It's rough and put together quite quickly but it should give you the idea.
Last edited by angelize; 10 December 2012 at 11:54 PM.
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