Can anybody tell me how I can create a silver or metallic effect in CorelDraw X3?
Seriously? you ask a question and someone tries to sell you something as a response? wtf?I was an artist/painter long before I owned a computer.So I tend to approach every project as a painter first, computer artist second.Silver is a colour...not an effect.Metallic refers to a texture type...there are many different types of metals.We are leaning more to colour and colour combinations again, rather than an effect.Chrome is an entirely different animal.Chrome is a mirrored reflection of the surrounding view.Approach it as an artist might, and colour an object with solid colour or gradient colourthat matches the particular metal you want.Google the metal surface or sheet that you are interested in.You can do the same with reflective metals and chromes.Another approach is to save texture images.I have a folder library of collected textures. eg Aluminum Sheets, Wood planks, Glass surfaces.(I try to collect large, hi quality image files...large pixel dimensions, so I can edit out smaller areas)Then, when I want a realistic aluminum look, I will "fill" the object using a "pattern fill".I'll opt for a bitmap fill, and then browse to a particular aluminum texture image.Adjust the fill size of the image to match the object (this avoids tiling) and voila...photographic aluminum fill.Another trick is to import an image (of a fill or texture) into my coreldraw workspace.Then I will apply a "fountain fill" to an object...and create a custom fill sampling gradient colours from the imported image.Play with the angle rotation, edge pad, gradient position, etc,and you can create a more realistic colour fill that matches the metal effect.If you are filling Text with a colour or effect like metal, you can choose to group or combine the text before applying the fills.By combining, your metal effect covers the entire text as an object, and as such the effects may be different across the individual letters.More like how the emblem on a car would look.But you can also apply the fill effect to each letter individually, giving them all the same colour effects. Its less realistic as an object effect, and more attractive as a graphic art lettering effect.
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Alien Skin has a nice plug-in as well...Eye Candy, but it ain't cheap.
These are all done in seconds....
airdave said:Seriously? you ask a question and someone tries to sell you something as a response? wtf?
In any online forum, there's an expectation for reasonable timeliness in responding to questions. This question was asked almost 9 years ago...
At the last CorelWORLD held in San Diego, I remember looking outwards into a conference room filled with students from around the globe. They'd stopped existing projects to scamper onto airplanes to learn my signature and treasured metallic techniques. That room was so full that it was a borderline fire hazard. Why did this happen? Metallic effects are frequently requested by end clients, and therefore very desirable/salable.
Posts should never cause such anxiety for you to blurt out "WTF?". In addition to this being a family-friendly forum, CorelDRAW users are mature, professional people who are able to express themselves without being crude.