# Chrome look to image **URL:** \ **Category:** design\ **Created:** [February 25, 2003, 4:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/chrome-look-to-image/14329 "2003-02-25T04:24:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![marius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@marius](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/marius)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 4:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/chrome-look-to-image/14329/1 "2003-02-25T04:24:45Z")
I want to chrome out this guitar but can’t rasterize it with the lighting effect. Obviously different than text, how to I go about it… the steps I’m using are as follows: background layer with guitar select guitar add channel fill channel blur guassian at 10,5,2.5,1.3 and then select the layer. but it’s not allowing me to go to lighting effect under render… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 5:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/chrome-look-to-image/14329/2 "2003-02-25T05:13:37Z")
Are you talking about something like this - ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 9:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/chrome-look-to-image/14329/3 "2003-02-26T09:50:18Z")
So whatcha’ think…or is this thread dead? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 4:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/chrome-look-to-image/14329/4 "2003-02-27T04:36:33Z")
I was going for a real chrome look… been busy with sites lately so haven’t had time to respond but thanks for the reply… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 5:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/chrome-look-to-image/14329/5 "2003-02-27T05:39:33Z")
Did you even look at the link that I posted - is that not the chrome your looking for or am I confused? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 5:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/chrome-look-to-image/14329/6 "2003-02-27T05:53:27Z")
![](http://www.aulman.com/revg.gif) sorry, just noticed this thread… Rev ![](http://www.aulman.com/rev.gif) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 6:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/chrome-look-to-image/14329/7 "2003-02-27T06:10:15Z")
Here’s what I referring to: chrome… I want it chromed baby!!! like the text for the site name… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 6:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/chrome-look-to-image/14329/8 "2003-02-27T06:18:25Z")
![](http://www.aulman.com/rev2.gif) the best I can do… Rev ![](http://www.aulman.com/rev.gif) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 6:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/chrome-look-to-image/14329/9 "2003-02-27T06:19:54Z")
thankee sai! If only there was a way to use the filter lighting effect on an image… it must have something to do with rasterizing it… enquiring minds don’t know… atleast I dunno. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 6:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/chrome-look-to-image/14329/10 "2003-02-27T06:20:35Z")
How’d you do it? Rev? Can I have the step by step? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 6:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/chrome-look-to-image/14329/11 "2003-02-27T06:23:21Z")
I used EyeCandy4000 and Fireworks… then just messed with the settings… Absolutely fantastic plug-in… especially for Chrome shtuff… Rev ![](http://www.aulman.com/rev.gif) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 6:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/chrome-look-to-image/14329/12 "2003-02-27T06:28:02Z")
and throw that on a black background? I would really appreciate it… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 6:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/chrome-look-to-image/14329/13 "2003-02-27T06:35:28Z")
That was right as well… Don’t know what I looking at… I’ve got to pay closer attention obviously… thanks… Rev send it!!! black background… thanks 8] ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 6:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/chrome-look-to-image/14329/14 "2003-02-27T06:45:36Z")
doesn’t look quite the same on black, but here it is: ![](http://www.aulman.com/rev3.gif) Rev ![](http://www.aulman.com/rev.gif) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 6:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/chrome-look-to-image/14329/15 "2003-02-27T06:48:39Z")
Thanks… I believe we’ll have to go with white… Thank you sir!! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 6:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/chrome-look-to-image/14329/16 "2003-02-27T06:49:51Z")
I don’t know why, but the bg made a huge diff on this one… I even tried to monkey with the lighting, smoothness, etc… no dice… hope the white works… Rev ![](http://www.aulman.com/rev.gif) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/chrome-look-to-image/14329/17 "2003-02-28T22:35:57Z")
:bad: now where is rev’s money ? :bad: 😉 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 11:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/chrome-look-to-image/14329/18 "2003-02-28T23:54:20Z")
i was just about to say, after the first response, that the real diff is just the background. Black really sets off silver/chrome. edit: and looks better, because of it ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/chrome-look-to-image/14329/19 "2003-03-01T14:13:40Z")
It looks wonky with the black bg, I think, cause the reflections are of a daytime scene of the sky. Our eyes just find it ‘wrong’ if we see something chrome, reflecting a bright sunny sky, but surrounded in blackness. Marius’ example with the chrome text looks good because the reflections are just of some black stuff. Is there any way to choose which image your plugin uses for the reflections, Rev?