Hi,
i am new to this Forum and to XaraXtreme.
Any ideas how to create an efect like this
http://www.webdesign.org/web/vector-...ops.10326.html
I know xara doesn't have a gradient grid tool like Illustrator.
thnx. sparcx
Hi,
i am new to this Forum and to XaraXtreme.
Any ideas how to create an efect like this
http://www.webdesign.org/web/vector-...ops.10326.html
I know xara doesn't have a gradient grid tool like Illustrator.
thnx. sparcx
Didn't have much time to dedicate to this, but how I would approach is using strokes. Then using Linear transparencies on the strokes after converting to shapes.
Sparcx -- just to see how I might do something like that I played with it for about 15 minutes. I attach the result as a jpg preview and the .xar (Xtreme Pro) file so you can disect it if you want. I totally ignored the method in the tutorial -- I didn't even read it so it wouldn't influence my approach. My Xara wave is made with a blend between two transparent shapes that each have gradient fills and feathering. An overlay with an eliptical transparency helps define the shape. A small feathered highlight was also been added. The xar file uses three layers -- they have editing turned off in the download.
The Xara file is under 9k in size.
Regards, Ross
Like Ross I didn't look to see how it was done in Illustrator as descriptions of how anything is done in Illustrator always gives me a headache. I didn't look to see how Ross did his either which might have been a better idea, but here's my effort a little bit streakier than the original now I come to look but not a bad approximation. All done with tapered lines, transparency and feathering. I suspect that every reply you get will have a different solution.
Derek
Last edited by masque; 01 April 2007 at 07:06 PM.
"Come in out of the dry and wet yourself by this tap". Spike Milligan
http://www.xaraxone.com/FeaturedArt/mar07/
http://www.xaraxone.com/FeaturedArt/aug10/
http://www.xaraxone.com/FeaturedArt/dc2/index.htm
Looks like we're all heading the same way here (blends between strokes converted to shapes, with transparency and feathering), although everyone else's execution is rather better than mine ;-)
Regards: Colin
Nice effects guys!
Mine doesn't really look like the original. Seeing the original I had the idea of the surface flowing like a wave and then that's what I was trying to achieve. Looking at mine now it looks like the eyelid of a Great Blue Whale Pixar style.
Regards, Ross
I goofed around with it for a few minutes. I used eye candy gradient glow for the fog.
Last edited by Mike Bailey; 02 April 2007 at 03:24 AM.
Blends are fun aren't they ;-)
Regards: Colin
Hey thnx everybody, very nice inspirations.
Colin, could you post the .xar file of your last attempt?
sparcx
As we see it can be done in many ways. My technique is to use a couple of wide lines with various widths and stroke shapes and some fiddling with the feathering profiles. Done in 5-10 minutes.
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