Difference Clouds duplicated in Xara Xtreme?

[covoxer]

Interesting challenge! I'm ready to help you, if you loop again.
Sometimes you just have to change the way of thinking to get it right.

PS This fractal topic reminded me of some old times. Sorry for going OT, but here's one more effect that I was using a long time ago with X1 (no LiveEffects). Perhaps someone may find it useful or interesting. Or it may be obvious. Anyway, here's the map of the XaraLand.

[HayTay]

As shown below Xenofex Lightning does create some nice bolts

Steve,

Thanks for the Xenofex 2 lightning sample. They are some really nice looking and well defined bolts. From my playing around with the demo, they are also a lot easier to generate using the Alien Skin plug-in.

I hear XWD calling my name a bit louder right now, though.

On to the next project,
HayTay

[jclements]

Hay Tay:
Your posting #22. Perfect for coral effect.

[HayTay]

jclements,

Isn't it though!

Unfortunately most, if not all of the coral effect is due to it being an actual picture of coral from the Xara Xtreme > Clipart > Photographs 2 picture gallery. I used my XXP4 generated lightning effect as a 50% Bleach Transparency on top of the coral photo. I was trying to show how it washed out to an icky gray when applied as a transparent overlay with the settings I was using at the time.

Oddly enough, though, in playing around trying to generate the effect of lightning some of the results did, kinda, sorta, look like the 'Blue Coral' image included in the XX Photographs 1 collection.

From what I've seen in various Photoshop tutorials the 'Cloud' and 'Difference Cloud' effects are used to generate a wide variety of textures, image enhancements, strange, and not so strange substances. I wouldn't discount coral as one of those effects.

Why not give it a try and see what you can come up with,
HayTay