|   | marcoballistic I'm  presuming  U  did  not  click  big  Mango,  as  the  engraving  if  anything  is  not  as  sharp  as  the  background,  yet  this  size  looks  the  reverse.  Also  the  added  light  source  is  all  from  above,  the  depth  of  the  engraving  may  be  throwing  U  on  that.
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						|   | ReyRey It's  the  bevel  and  emboss,  that  adds  the  white  highlights.  That  is  what  makes  it  look  too  smooth.    Delete  the  highlights  in  the  bevel  and  emboss  and  add  your  own.  keep  them  rough.
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						|   | ReyRey [IMG]http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b201/ReyReyM/marco.jpg[/IMG]
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						|   | ReyRey [img] i20.photobucket.com...
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						|   | candron you  have  a  good  memory  about  my  weird  birds,  that  means  you  take  a  good  look  at  a  lot  of  works,  and  this  makes  my  respect  for  you  bigger
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						|   | candron [img] i390.photobucket.com...     LOL
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						|   | candron [img] i390.photobucket.com...   sorry  this  one  LOL
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						|   | marcoballistic I  did  not  use  bevel  &  emboss  Rey,  I  will  have  a  look  at  it  when  I  get  chance  later,  but  the  engraving  is  made  up  of  8  layers  of  line  work,  selections  &  overlays.  I  never  use  auto  bevel  emboss,  its  a  little  bit  to  generic  and  uncontrollable  for  my  liking
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						|   | marcoballistic ...and  in  turn  from  that  as  you  say,  add  your  own  highlights,  they  are  my  own.
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						|   | marcoballistic cos  I  love  you  so  Rey,  I  have  chewed  at  the  stone  to  give  it  a  little  bit  of  weathering  for  you  ;o)  seriously  though  cheers  for  the  point,  but  kaaa  tooey  (spits)  at  suggestion  I  used  bevel/emboss.  (goes  to  be  sick  at  the  thought)  lol  :oP
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						|   | candron you  are  brothers  for  live  ,  you  and  rey  ,  and  i  love  it
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						|   | Eve not  that  I  know  more  than  you,  Marco...but  something  like  this...  [img] i37.photobucket.com...
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						|   | marcoballistic good  idea  Eve,  think  I  will  add  a  texture,  cheers  :o)
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						|   | marcoballistic please  refresh  browser,  2nd  update,  thanks  to  all,  especially  Rey,  Mango  and  Eve  :o)
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						|   | mangochutney Much  better.  Here's  a  second  vote  for  perseverance.
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						|   | marcoballistic ha,  cheers  Mango
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						|   | candron congrats  very  strong  win,  marco
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						|   | Heinlein Congrats  Mark  on  a  quality  image  :)
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						|   | Salvezza congrats  marco  :D
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						|   | marcoballistic thanks  Ron,  Jim  and  Sal  :)
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						|   | MattBlack Cool  entry,  congrats!
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						|   | marcoballistic ta  Matt
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						|   | anabe congrats,  Mark,  awesome  winning  entry!
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						|   | Martrex Congrats!
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						|   | marcoballistic cheers  Anna  :O)
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						|   | marcoballistic thanks  Marty  :)
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						|   | nat_g31 Good  job  mark,  this  source  didn't  move  me  at  all.    Glad  you  could  make  it  work  so  well.    Congrats
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						|   | Luxwiz congrats  on  the  win  marco...again  nice  job  on  the  engraving  effect,it's  very  convincing  :·)
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