Angler Fish

Under coloring in Expression 3.2 with reflection maps.

Rich

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

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

Thanks Rich, you did a good job coloring it!

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

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

Rich

Fish colored with different environments.

Rich

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

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

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

Larry,

I got the program from a friend in appreciatoion for something I did many years ago. I use the Liquid Crystal function. I made hundreds of E3 emvironments using Xara and Gel.

Try AutoFX.com The plugins don't run with Xara, but they just need a different host. They also run standalone.

I did something similar in Xara by coloring with EyeCandy 4000. The natural chrome produced better results, however. I have several hundred EC environments and may try something else.

Rich

Thanks Rich.

Larry,

Under coloring doesn't look like much. The filled object was set behing the fish PNG and set to erase blending. In this case the black is at full opacity and erased that part of the object behind the image. The exported image is PNG and doesn't appear as much of anything either. The lower image has been Gelled. Gel respect opacity.

Rich

wow ..fantastic