Hi,

posted this in the XaraX section already but thought it might make sense to post it here as well, so can anyone let me know the answers to these questions:

Q1: How can i apply a gradient effect to either text or a vector in FreeHand ?

Q2: How can i apply a silver/chrome effect to text or vectors ? What i mean is let it look like it was made of chrome or silver.

Q3: Would also helpful if you could tell me how to achieve mentioned effects in programs like Illustrator, CorelDraw, FreeHand , Photoshop etc or if there are special filters for those effects.
I own all of the latest versions of these programns but rarely use them as my main tool really is XaraX.

So, anyone that could tell me how to ?

Any help really is appreciated, thanks in advance.

Frank