how to bevel round

[coldwetnoz]

How do I make a round object really really round? I keep getting this chiseled look no matter how I set it. The top and bottom of a rectangle have a cut glass look and I want this to be completely ROUND. Not just the top and bottom, but the whole thing needs to be round and beveled.

Thank you
pslane

[mwenz]

Round and beveled sounds at odds--at least I cannot picture it. So how about a screen shot of what you have and annotation to how it is incorrect.

[Gamerprinter]

The bevel depends on the shape it is applied to - a rectangle with right angles will always have faces instead of being round. However, if you use a rounded rectangle and increase the diameter of the rounded corner (hence rounded ends) then given a rounded bevel, it will appear very round and no 'faces', as in the example below.

If you use shapes with hard corners you will never get a "highly rounded" shape with any bevel applied, it has to be a rounded shape.

[coldwetnoz]

Okay, then how do you get this shape without cropping? (Attached image) This is from the tut.
Thanks,
pslane

[bcire68]

That is fairly easy. Just create your rectangle shape, and apply a linear fill, going from gray to black (left to right).

[gwpriester]

That is a 2 color Linear fill and I would guess it is from the other Gary's (Bouton) tutorial because that looks like his technique.

Start and end the fill path arrow about 1/5 way in from the edges.

[Gamerprinter]

I use gradation to imply 3D depth and rounded shapes in my map work all the time, but it is only 'implied 3D' not actual. I tend to use a repeating gradation (with only a single repeat) showing the highlight at the center fading to black to either side. In the image below, a top down medieval saddle is shown at the top. On the seat itself, a repeated linear fade for a depth through shadow effect is achieved. But as in gwpriester's example above, it's just a linear fade effect and not actually "round nor 3D" at all. Also in the example, the gradation is given > transparency/stain-glass so it merges with the leather of the saddle itself to blend in color-wise. (I use actual 3D modeling/rendering for some work, but that is using actual 3D software, not Xara).

[coldwetnoz]

Ooooh, so this is not a bevel. Well, duh..
Thank you for your help. Now I remember doing this before in another tut. This tut just says to make it but doesn't go into detail.

bcire68, are we related? You have my family resemblance! lol

[bcire68]

Hmmm... You never know, coldwetnoz. My father is originally from South Carolina.

I noticed the family resemblance as well.