gold letterings

[panfer]

Can someone comeup with nice gold text please?

[This message was edited by panfer on March 29, 2001 at 01:57 PM.]

[panfer]

Can someone comeup with nice gold text please?

[This message was edited by panfer on March 29, 2001 at 01:57 PM.]

[panfer]

I need something better than this [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_frown.gif[/img]

[gwpriester]

Try this tutorial. It's not for gold lettering but it might give you some ideas about how to create a shiny gold (and chrome) effect.

Gold and Chrome

Gary

Gary Priester

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[Soquili]

Hi Panfer,

Gary's tutorial is great! I've read it several times ( my memory is not what it used to be [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif[/img] )

My attempt isn't better than yours, just a little different.
http://eighthfire.dreamwater.com/goldtext.jpg

I used a linear fill set to repeating instead of simple. The .xar file is attached so you can disect it if you like.

Soquili [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]

[gwpriester]

Here's a mini-tutorial you might try.

1. Create your text.

Using the Freehand Tool draw a wavy line. Change the point size to about 2 points.

2. Make three duplicates and place them as shown so that the top and bottom lines are beyond the top and bottom of the text.

3. Color the top and bottom lines gold. Make the top middle line pale yellow and the top middle line brown.

4. Create a 50-step blend between the top and top middle lines. Create another 50-step blend between the middle bottom and bottom lines. Groupt the lines.

5. Place the blend over the first character. Duplicate the blend and stretch it sideways to cover the second character. Repeat for the rest of the characters.

6. Group the blends. Select the blends and the text (which needs to be beneath the blends) and Apply Clip View (Arrange menu) to mask the blends.

7. Apply a rounded bevel to the text. Drag a brown color from the screen palette and drop it onto the bevel.

Hope this helps.

Gary

Gary Priester

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[Ross Macintosh]

Here's something I did before Gary posted the above tips. It started out as a gel button but then I modified it considerably...

Regards, Ross

<a href=http://www.designstop.com/>DesignStop.Com</a>

[panfer]

Thank you all for the postings.I love mini tutorial on the forum Gary, I appricate it.Oh that link for download didn't work for me I better get it from the Xone

[This message was edited by panfer on March 29, 2001 at 09:37 PM.]

[gwpriester]

Panfer

It's the August 98 tutorial. But the link works for me. Anyone else having trouble with it?

By the way, I kind of liked your gold text. Nothing to appologize for there. :-)

Gary

Gary Priester

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[Soquili]

Hi Gary,

Panfer tried to download using the link on the first page of the tutorial which points to:
ftp://ftp.i-us.com/trompeloeil/library/aug98.zip

The XaraXone all tutorials page points to:
http://www.xaraxone.com/tutorials-zip/aug98.zip

Click to download
Gary's August 98 Gold and Chrome tutorial

Soquili [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]