#Good gold!?
Wow! Great tips for gold! Thanks, Gary.
The best I've come up with until today has been series of 9 flat mirror
maps (my geometry is interesting!) with an modified GOLD.GIF mapped inside
a hemisphere BEHIND the camera, two white fill-in panels angled away on
either side of my object, and a moving omni light to bounce the gleam off
the back hemisphere. As the cross flies in, I get some fairly realistic
'gleams". Sounds like I was on the right track but with your suggestions I
can probably simplify somewhat!
My biggest problem was with the color. With Alec's suggestion I've
improved that a lot. I'll try folding in a 24-bit image if I can make one.
Maybe I'll check the CD…
JKJ
P.S. Put my vote in for a book full of tips like this!