February 2015 Video Tutorial -- Creating a Casino Poster Part 1

[Egg Bramhill]

Hi Gary,

Had a go at producing the text element. Didn't follow your tut to the letter but very close. One thing I found interesting is when looking at your method I thought " If the drop shadow is down & right that indicates the light source is up & left, so therefore the bevel should have the same light source which in your tut is exactly the opposite. It's quite a suprise to see how something so simple as the bevel light source direction changes the look of the final image. I attach my example.

On the left is my creation keeping the same direction of all the light sources, bevel, shadow & highlight. This gives a very plasticy look.

On the right is exactly the same image apart from the bevel of the text has the light source the same as in your tut, down & right. This gives a far more glassy look.

By the way the text on the attached xar file has a named colour and it's fun to drag the named colour onto the colour editor to instantly change the look. I'm a great enthusiast of using named colours