AJ0424

Ash, Nothing is wrong with your tut - it is what I am currently using. Where I am running into trouble when I move from using a 2D shape to a 3D shape. I can make my cylinder with Shape 3D but I get stuck when I try to make it metallic. I get some highlighting following your steps but nothing like the results at the bottom of the Chrome 101 tut. If it can be done with your tut, then I am making a noob mistake somewhere (not hard to believe at all) and the Chrome 101 tut - at least Wither's notes - aren't step by step enough for someone as new as me. I'll just keep playing away and see what I can come up with but I welcome any tips! Thanks again! AJ

Ash, Nothing is wrong with your tut - it is what I am currently using. Where I am running into trouble when I move from using a 2D shape to a 3D shape. I can make my cylinder with Shape 3D but I get stuck when I try to make it metallic. I get some highlighting following your steps but nothing like the results at the bottom of the Chrome 101 tut. If it can be done with your tut, then I am making a noob mistake somewhere (not hard to believe at all) and the Chrome 101 tut - at least Wither's notes - aren't step by step enough for someone as new as me. I'll just keep playing away and see what I can come up with but I welcome any tips! Thanks again! AJ

Hi, I am really quite new to pdn and am looking for a comprehensive tutorial on making cylinders metallic/chrome. I have found a few tutorials (listed) that have helped with how to make the cylinders and I know that I can used diffuse and specular to make the necessary highlights but I can't find a step by step on how to do this. I can make the cylinder but I am having trouble with the metallic finish. The result I am looking for is in Wither's reply (second forum link). I have already looked at: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=27073&hilit=cylinder viewtopic.php?f=15&t=21419 (this includes the result I want) viewtopic.php?f=16&t=24082&hilit=specular Can anyone point me to an existing tutorial or give me a few pointers on using specular? Thanks! AJ

Hi, I am really quite new to pdn and am looking for a comprehensive tutorial on making cylinders metallic/chrome. I have found a few tutorials (listed) that have helped with how to make the cylinders and I know that I can used diffuse and specular to make the necessary highlights but I can't find a step by step on how to do this. I can make the cylinder but I am having trouble with the metallic finish. The result I am looking for is in Wither's reply (second forum link). I have already looked at: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=27073&hilit=cylinder viewtopic.php?f=15&t=21419 (this includes the result I want) viewtopic.php?f=16&t=24082&hilit=specular Can anyone point me to an existing tutorial or give me a few pointers on using specular? Thanks! AJ

Oh geez...I didn't even notice it popped a tool bar up for me! :oops: Thanks a bunch!! AJ

Hello, I am new and I am trying to follow BuzzKill's glass text tutorial: http://paintdotnet.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=3113&st=0&sk=t&sd=a. In it, I need to use a transparent gradient. I can't seem to find the tool so I thought it was a plug in. I installed a gradient plugin but it is clearly not the correct one. Rick Brewster has a reference link to the gradient tool but it no longer works. http://www.getpaint.net/doc/3.0/en/GradientTool.html What is throwing me is the following instruction - I either cannot find these options anywhere or I simply don't know what I am looking at.: Can any one tell me what I am missing? TIA, AJ