Re: [artworks] Chrome Effect

  • From: Kell Gatherer <kell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: artworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2012 11:50:28 +0100

quite often the "reflection" will appear to be a landscape, with a horizon
and blue sky.

my tuppence worth:
http://www.locationworks.com/private/artworks/chrome.zip

Kell




On 8 October 2012 19:26, John McCartney <j.mccartney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> A friend has asked me to generate a PDF comprising a couple
> of lines of text on a graduated rectangle with a chrome
> effect for the body of the characters. Without thinking, I
> promised I would do it but find that my chrome look isn't
> all that convincing.
>
> Can someone who has mastered this technique please show me
> how I can achieve it too.
>
> The file shows a sample of my efforts so far. The axis of
> the highlight is arbitrary and is perhaps ill-chosen for
> the character X.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
> --
> John McCartney
> j.mccartney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>



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