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 > -- Kell Gatherer :: kell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Location Works :: www.locationworks.com New locations: www.locationworks.com/library/new/ tel 0844 414 5505 :: fax 0844 414 5506 :: direct dial: 020 3195 0181