how was the shading done on this example?

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jorgy
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how was the shading done on this example?

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Hello,

Very happy new user here.

I was going through the yahoo! groups area, and found the following picture:

http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/mo ... +Hells.jpg

Can someone please go through the steps involved in creating the shading effects? I particularly like the clouds.

Thanks!

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Hello jorgy,

I can guess at two ways of doing this:

1. Layer shading - set to fairly transparent or light-coloured, and blurred.
Due to the different shadow angles, some clouds would have to be on different layers.

2. Shadow shapes - set to fairly transparent or light-coloured, and with a soft edge.

And, of course, soft edges on everything - in fact, apply the soft edges effect twice, as both Effect 1, and Effect 2.

Here's my quick attempt - the cloud on the left uses a shadow fill shape, the one on the right uses Moho's layer shading. Is this close enough to give you a starting point ?

Sample image:
Image

Moho file: http://www-personal.monash.edu.au/~myle ... louds.moho

Check out the fill properties using the Select Shape tool.

Regards, Myles.
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Thanks for the great example, and the quick followup. However, I'm using the linux version and it won't load the beta version 5 file. Is there any way you can save it in a version 4 format?

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jorgy wrote:However, I'm using the linux version and it won't load the beta version 5 file. Is there any way you can save it in a version 4 format?
Oops! :o Okay, try this one:
http://www-personal.monash.edu.au/~myle ... ouds4.moho

Still created on a Windows :? machine, but using v4.6 (4.6.1, I think).
Uploaded in ASCII mode.

Let us know if that works or not - if not, I'll boot up into Linux tonight and try that - assuming someone doesn't beat me to it.

Regards, Myles.
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Bingo!!!

Thanks Myles!
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