June 2013 Video Tutorial: Carved in Stone

[Barbara B]

Carved in Stone - June 2013 Video Tutorial



Xara’s Bevel tool is terrific when you want text or shapes to protrude from the page, but what do you do when you want something to recede—to look as though you took a chisel to marble or other stone? The answer is: you watch the tutorial this month, as Gary explains how to use beveled text as a reference for manually creating and shading shapes so they look like they belong on a Greek temple. Put down that chisel, download the resource files, and learn some virtual sculpting!

Get the resource files and then show us your stonework in this thread.

[csehz]

Gary thanks for the tutorial, especially effective the intro being very small

Well but I have to admit, to play like that with letters reproducing the Bevel tool effects, that is too high for me both in knowledge and patience I got up with a saturday morning full power, but sooner would drop out the computer through the window than finish the S

Inspite of my failure learnt several things, was not aware that at having a repeating tile filled shape, the method to keep the fill ratio is marquee selecting the handlers and pulling them together with keeping control. Basically in other examples I did that with always cursor arrows and believed that is the only method. Also interesting that really in western countries reading from left to right has the effect that we wait the same for shine direction. Once was considering that and never find any answer why on graphics the sun typically shines from the left

So I do not deserve to post anything as it stayed as Bevel tool result, but just the proof that was thinking what to put in marvel

[stygg2003]

Nice bevel though csehz, not easy this tut. as I found out In my effort I have tried to keep the shape text as near as possible (with my capability's) to near as the bevel I originally made and that involved a lot of tweaking, but as Gary said one time to me "I never said it was a walk in the park"
Like you csehz, I have learned a lot from this tut. and with some practice could get better result. It's a good technique to have, so I'm pleased with that.

Stygg

[csehz]

Congratulations Stygg but really, I respect those who can do this in real life, that can be a hard work sure, but from now also who can do a sentence in graphics in photorealistic way

[stygg2003]

Congratulations Stygg but really, I respect those who can do this in real life, that can be a hard work sure, but from now also who can do a sentence in graphics in photorealistic way

I don't suppose anyone will have need to do a whole sentence in a photo realistic way, but for logos and other such work, it is a good technique because of the many ways you can personalize the text for yourself or a client, and suppose a client wanted a stone texture logo and you find your bevel tool is not working correctly!! as most people will head for the bevel tool for such an effect, Stone texture shapes to the rescue, so you will be glad you learned this technique So if you have the bevel tool, Text shapes and the technique from the Cotton Dan Band, you have a good choice of techniques to choose from and I expect Gary has a few more to show.

Stygg

[stygg2003]

Hi csehz,
here's the letter T without bevel tool applied, just the T text and shapes applied with bitmap fills. You must admit it's a handy technique

Stygg

[angelize]

I think you did a wonderful job Stygg! I started on this and had to put it aside as I've had other things that needed my attention

[Big Frank]

another good tutorial

i've always used the bevel tool and some ingenuity



i dont get the faded colour you get when you bevel

i work only with the bevel and not the letter inside

draw a letter
bevel it outwards
ctrl+click the inside of the letter and make it invisible
now all you see is the bevel
shift+drop your texture onto the bevel
then rework the bevel inwards
the text and all the bevel options remain editable

chiselled_text.xar

[stygg2003]

@ Francis, thanks for the comment Francis.

@ Frank, thanks for sharing Frank that's something else I've learned, I never thought of doing that, it works very well.

Stygg

[Big Frank]

before xtreme5 i did it like gary but its a lot of work and not editable which is a shame
i like his method of realistic metallic text
id never thouhgt of that



i dont think it works because our subconscious doesnt accept text chiselled into metal plate lol