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    Default How to make a carved text in wood with Xara Pro X ?

    Hi everyone,

    Any filter or method to make a craved text in wood with Xara Pro X?
    I tried the Bevel tool but didnt succeed!

    Thank you for your support!

    Gaf

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    Default Re: How to make a carved text in wood with Xara Pro X ?

    Bevel is how I would do it.

    Fill your text with the same wood image.

    Us the Photo Tool > Enhance tool to make the filled text a little darker

    Apply your bevel with the light coming from the bottom instead of the top.

    Just play around with it until you get it right.
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    Default Re: How to make a carved text in wood with Xara Pro X ?

    Thank you Gary for you reply.
    I'm not sure if it's a perspective matter, i'm seeing it embossed instead !?

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    Default Re: How to make a carved text in wood with Xara Pro X ?

    It might help if there is a darker layer of text with a linear transparency that makes top part of the letter a little darker.

    Visit this page of carved wood text images, find one you like then see if you can reproduce the effect. https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffsb&q=Car...ages&ia=images

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    Default Re: How to make a carved text in wood with Xara Pro X ?

    I am trying but that is difficult to get the inside carve effect, all Xara tools make them embossed.

    Thank you for your time Gary i appreciate it !

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    Default Re: How to make a carved text in wood with Xara Pro X ?

    Take a look at this old thread https://www.talkgraphics.com/showthr...ved-text-right

    Ray

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    Default Re: How to make a carved text in wood with Xara Pro X ?

    I know this is getting old and we have all moved on but in the examples I posted the link to, the ones that worked better for me were the ones where the area around the letters is debossed and the text itself raised, embossed. The Emboss tool seems to be more realistic when the text is raised.
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    Default Re: How to make a carved text in wood with Xara Pro X ?

    Quote Originally Posted by RKissane View Post
    Yeah it's an interesting one thank you Ray!

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    Default Re: How to make a carved text in wood with Xara Pro X ?

    Quote Originally Posted by gwpriester View Post
    I know this is getting old and we have all moved on but in the examples I posted the link to, the ones that worked better for me were the ones where the area around the letters is debossed and the text itself raised, embossed. The Emboss tool seems to be more realistic when the text is raised.
    Your answer in the post linked by Ray is great, that's excatly what i needed though the inner bevel doesnt work all the time .
    Thank you all for your time !

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    Default Re: How to make a carved text in wood with Xara Pro X ?

    I had a similar requirement the other day, but took a slightly unorthodox route to create a similar effect:

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    Cutting out text, making the cut-out text slightly darker and moving the two objects back together, means the wood grain exactly matches.

    Maybe not exactly what you are looking for here, but shared for interest.

    Gary

 

 

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