Chrome in Illustrator

[rdagger]

I'm new to Illustrator.  I drew some car racing dashboard gauges.  What is the best way to put chrome rings around the gauges in Illustrator?

[rdagger]

Here's what I came up with.  Any ideas on how to make it more  chrome like?

[RetroBorg]

Pixelhugger would be the one to help you out here.

Have you seen these marquees he did?

http://www.arcadecontrols.com/files/Uploads/slikyellow.jpg

http://www.arcadecontrols.com/files/Uploads/slikblue2.jpg

[Rahzel]

Illustrator is quite limited to effects like Chrome, since it uses vector instead of raster. Your best bet would be to create your chrome in a very high resolution (400 or 600 DPI) image, and place it into your illustrator file. I would go to Adobe Action Exchage http://share.studio.adobe.com/axQuickSearchSubmit.asp?txt=chrome&allprods=2&submit1.x=14&submit1.y=4 and try to apply one of the cool chrome effects already created.

[rdagger]

Illustrator is quite limited to effects like Chrome, since it uses vector instead of raster. Your best bet would be to create your chrome in a very high resolution (400 or 600 DPI) image, and place it into your illustrator file. I would go to Adobe Action Exchage http://share.studio.adobe.com/axQuickSearchSubmit.asp?txt=chrome&allprods=2&submit1.x=14&submit1.y=4 and try to apply one of the cool chrome effects already created.

Unfortunately I don't have a copy of Photoshop.

[RetroBorg]

Illustrator is quite limited to effects like Chrome, since it uses vector instead of raster. Your best bet would be to create your chrome in a very high resolution (400 or 600 DPI) image, and place it into your illustrator file. I would go to Adobe Action Exchage http://share.studio.adobe.com/axQuickSearchSubmit.asp?txt=chrome&allprods=2&submit1.x=14&submit1.y=4 and try to apply one of the cool chrome effects already created.

Unfortunately I don't have a copy of Photoshop.

You can always download their 15 day freee trial of Adobe Photoshop from their website.

[simplygriff]

Check out this tutorial.

http://www.deaddreamer.com/v10/tuto/gradient1.html

Try some variations of this using illustrator instead of photoshop.  This will give you some slick beveling  effects.  I used variations of these for an internship I did for Richard Petty Enterprises.
-G