Chrome Text with Reflections

[Seerose]

 @welshblue! Excellent work on the latest one.   Thank you for sharing.  

[Seerose]

 Dear @lynxster4!  I have tried again with the other attitude. How do you find that? 

 

Edited April 24, 2018 by Seerose

[lynxster4]

9 hours ago, Seerose said:

How do you find that? 

 

You found the height!  Wonderful job!  

[lynxster4]

Thank you @xeqngai    Glad you liked the tutorial!   ?

[Sakana Oji]

I used this tutorial to make the word "CROISSANT" in this video: 

 

[lynxster4]

Very imaginative @Sakana Oji   Great job!  ?

[Swirly]

I used this tutorial to create this:

 

[lynxster4]

Very elegant 'Donate' button @Swirly   ?   Nice job!  

[Djisves]

Excellent tutorial, even more so for the chance to practice on @MJW's wonderful Height Map plugins. Thank you @lynxster4.

 

 

The "bean" refers to the eMap I used. In case anyone wants to use it, it's "hidden" below (that is, I hope I remember how to "hide").

 

EDIT: No, it doesn't work. I hope someone lets me know how to. In the meantime, here is the eMap:

Spoiler

 

Edited May 30, 2020 by Djisves
Added spoiler

[lynxster4]

Looks cool @Djisves!  😁  And shiny, too!   It makes very respectable 'chrome'.

 

To hide text or an image:  highlight it and press the 'eye' button.  Tooltip is 'spoiler'.

 

Spoiler

highlight it and press the 'eye' button.  Tooltip is 'spoiler'.

 

 

Edited May 29, 2020 by lynxster4

[ANONYMISS]

1 hour ago, lynxster4 said:

 

 

To hide text or an image:  highlight it and press the 'eye' button.  Tooltip is 'spoiler'.

Hi @lynxster4

 

Two things.  How does one 'highlight' anything: and, where is the 'eye' button with the 'spoiler' tooltip?

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  Reveal hidden contents

highlight it and press the 'eye' button.  Tooltip is 'spoiler'.

 

 

 

Edited May 29, 2020 by ANONYMISS
Added apostrophe.

[ANONYMISS]

1 hour ago, welshblue said:

Cool result @Djisves it works great against the background... I've pinched the emap so thanks for the share

 

@ANONYMISS ... left click and drag your mouse across the text you want to hide ... then click the icon

Thank you@welshblue, and apologies to @lynxster4

I thought that this was about working within the PDN app - not the PDN forum.

 

 No blusher needed this evening.

[Manc]

Hi @lynxster4 I really enjoyed this tutorial, it's something I will come back to.

Must admit, I tried it last week but gave up, glad I gave it another go.

Cheers.😉

 

 

 

[lynxster4]

That looks fantastic @ipswichmanc!  Great work, I'm glad you gave it another go.  😁

 

[Manc]

Hi @lynxster4 Here's another effort.

I used a fisheye lens image from google for the height map.

Spent hours today messin with different fonts. So easy to do when you've got the settings set.

Spent so long couldn't be bothered with the background.🙃

Thanks again.😉

Expect this image to be edited tomorrow, not happy with it.🤨

 

 

 

 

Edited November 7, 2020 by ipswichmanc

[barbieq25]

That is so super shiney! Well done!

[Manc]

Thanks @barbieq25 

Here's my last effort. Messed with it long enough now.🙃

Cheers @lynxster4

[lynxster4]

All your efforts are well done @ipswichmanc!  Glad you enjoyed the tutorial.  😊

 

[amymor]

thanks 🙂

[lynxster4]

Lovely @amymor.  Good job!  😊

[TimewalkerAD]

Thanks for this!  I've been struggling to make chrome effects.

 

One thing that is throwing me in the tutorial:  on step 9 it says to duplicate the text layer 2 times and erase the letters on each layer.  I'm not sure what to do with that; if I delete that everything is gone?  I ended up keeping everything on each layer and doing the texture shader on all 3 with different settings, then ended up using opacity on the layers to blend them. 

 

The result looks ok, but not looking as good as some of the examples I see here.  Thanks!!!

[lynxster4]

@TimewalkerAD Welcome!  Thanks for trying the tutorial. If you look at the screenshot that accompanies step 9, you'll see I left two (different) letters on each layer. The first layer contains the CH, the second layer contains the RO, and the third layer contains the ME. When using Texture Shader you will need to adjust the position of the emap to get more 'chrome effect' on the letters. Does this make sense to you? If you are trying this on 'Timewalker' you'll need more than 3 layers. I would duplicate (4) times and erase letters so you have TI on the first layer, ME on the second, WA on the third, LK on the fourth, and ER on the fifth. Try it again and let me know if you need more help. 😊 

[TimewalkerAD]

Thanks, my friend!  That did the trick and I'm much happier with my end result.  I put a glow effect layer on top, blended, and added some white starts to make it pop.  I'm much happier now.

[lynxster4]

Yes, @TimewalkerAD that looks much better. Great job!  👍☺️

[Manc]

An easy around it.

Make the 'Emap' four times larger.🙂