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    Default Simulated leaded glass

    I am about to start on a website for an artist who is working in mosaics and leaded glass. I suggested that she create a sign for her company and make it look like leaded glass. She was trying to figure out how to actually make the sign. I told her it was a lot easier to do it in Xara (she's a Photoshop/Mac person).

    The glass was samples of colored glass I downloaded from the web.
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    Default Re: Simulated leaded glass

    Very Nice! I played around with creating leaded glass once using different kinds of transparencies.
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    Default Re: Simulated leaded glass

    Very nice. Leaded glass has a way of making things 'classy'.
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    Default Re: Simulated leaded glass

    Well done, Gary.

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    Thumbs up Re: Simulated leaded glass

    Great picture Gary - there's some really subtle touches in this picture - we newbies can only sit back and admire

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    Default Re: Simulated leaded glass

    Nice one Gary. You've caught the elegance
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    Default Re: Simulated leaded glass

    Very clean! Excellent look!

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    Default Re: Simulated leaded glass

    Very nice and realistic looking.

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    Info Re: Simulated leaded glass

    The trick to getting the feeling of the colored glass casting a colored shadow on the page is to create a bitmap copy of the glass, use the Photo Tool > Blur/Sharpen slider to blur the bitmap, then apply Stained Glass transparency. Move the bitmap down and to the side, and adjust the amount of transparency until the glass looks bright.

    This colored shadow really makes the illusion of transparency work.

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    Default Re: Simulated leaded glass

    Great job Gary. Leaded glass does look very classy.

 

 

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