June 2012 Tips and Tricks - Using Text as a Shape

[Gare]

Funny. The text tutorial feels like I created it last year!

You did good, stay tuned for a new bunch of stuff on The Xone.

-g

[wizard509]

Looks good Stygg. That was a good tip from Gare.

[stygg2003]

Last minute effort before this thread is gone. I'm beginning to really love the mould tool, it opens up a whole new world.

Stygg

[Gare]

That's terrific to hear, Stygg.

Hey, we don't close threads just because there's a new monthly tutorial.

By the way, if you have a mould going on with a shape, and then you press Ctrl+Shift+S to convert the selection to a non-dynamic object, you wind up with a group of one shapes. Ungroup it, do any editing you like, and then you can add another Mould to it. This way, you can achive shapes you cannot otherwise, like "inflating" different parts of a shape with the Envelope mode.

My Best,

Gary

[stygg2003]

Thanks for that tip Gary, will continue to practice my mould skills as well as the second part of the colouring in this months tut. I wasn't being dis-respectful to you Gary asking Francis about a vid. tut. changing colours, I thought I'd seen some where.

[Gare]

No disrespect registered, Stygg.

I'm certain I'm going to trod upon Gary P.'s coverage of something or other in the future; I just don't have time to search every archive for everything other talented documentors have written or video-ed about.

Happily, I think my perspective is unique enough that I can tell the same story with different characters, to stretch (mould) a metaphor.

My Best,

Gary