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[Mike Hennessey]

Can someone give me any tips on creating engraved text? I'm looking for something like what would be on tombstones, or old cornerstones of buildings. My background of the text will be some sort of stone fill, either granite or marble. Shadows help give me what I want, but I'm just not getting realistic enough effect, like in that "other" program.
Thanks, Mike

[Mike Hennessey]

Can someone give me any tips on creating engraved text? I'm looking for something like what would be on tombstones, or old cornerstones of buildings. My background of the text will be some sort of stone fill, either granite or marble. Shadows help give me what I want, but I'm just not getting realistic enough effect, like in that "other" program.
Thanks, Mike

[Soquili]

Mike, is the effect you want like the one in the attachment?

If so, place your text on the object you want to "engrave" and select both and subtract shapes. Then apply an outer bevel to the remaining object and move the light angle to get the effect you want. Place a duplicate or another object with the same fill pattern behind to fill in the text.

Hope this helps.

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

[This message was edited by Soquili on February 14, 2001 at 07:20 PM.]

[caraman1]

There was another way to do that, make a copy, move it slightly, copy twice, do it again then paste the 2 over the top of the others and then paste plus throw salt over your left shoulder and hop twice. I never could get that down-pat but this is so simple and does a great job, thanks for posting it!

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[tonylondon]

I have a vague recollection that Gary's tutorial about creating buttons talks about creating engraved objects; right, Gary?
Tony

[ivan louette]

Only invert light orientation for the objects you want to be engraved!

Regards,

ivan

[Mike Hennessey]

Thanks folks, that will work!
Mike

[gwpriester]

Ivan beat me to it [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img]

Yep. Use the Bevel Tool and reverse the angle of the lighting. I also reversed the Bevel to the inside for this example.

Gary

Gary Priester

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[gwpriester]

If you use the original object or text object, make two duplicates, arrange them equal-spaced on a diagonal, and bring the middle object to the top, you can create an easy embossed or debossed effect.

a. The make a debossed or chisled effect make the top copy darker than the background. Make the bottom copy lighter than the background. Bring the middle object to the front and make it slightly darker than the background color.

This provides "visual clues" that our brain interprets as debossed or recessed, because the highlight edge (the lighter object) is on the bottom where it catches the overhead light source. Making the primary object (the one in the middle and on top) slightly darker than the background, provides another visual clue that the object is recessed.

b. Reverse the colors, bring the lighter object to the top for the highlight edge, and the darker object to the bottom for the shadow edge, and make the top object slightly lighter and the visual cues switch and we see the object as embossed or raised.

c. Adding a tiny amount of Feathering softens the highlight and shadow edges creating a more realistic effect.

Gary

Gary Priester

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[Ross Macintosh]

Here's an example that uses the inside bevel technique. I played with the bevel's contrast, light angle and light elevation settings. The text was given the same fill as the background.

Regards, Ross

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