Re: How do I make a ****ny gold surface?

"GreatArtist" <wizzzer@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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>I made a vector shape in Adobe Illustrator and I want to fill it with
> a ****ny gold surface. I want that to look like just  a featureless,
> ****ny gold metal surface or to have a satin gold finish. I don't want
> a rough texture. I also want the same thing in silver metal. I tried
> looking in google images and a few texture collections for such a
> tiled texture image of these things but I couldn't find one. The
> software I have are 3D Studio Max 9, Adobe Illustrator CS3, and
> Photoshop CS3. Can someone give me any info or point me in the right
> direction to some resources or info on how to do this? Is there a good
> web site, texture graphics collection, book, or something to enable me
> to do this? It seems to me I should be able to render a ****ny gold
> surface in 3D Studio Max, but I don't know how to do that yet and I
> don't know if it has that capability built in or I have to get some
> add-on things.
>

you need to use gradient overlay layer
or a style
you can download many free metallic gradients and styles form Adobe Studio

Exchange

if you don't like them exactly as they are you can tweak them by modifying

the effects layers