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redbrad0
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 Posted - 06 December 2004 : 11:59:34
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I am trying to create some basic graphics that all the people will have to do is change the text to what they need to print. I am having a problem figuring out how this drop shadow was created. It is almost like they added the drop shadow, excluded it, and then moved it but just unsure. Can anyone help me figure this out? Here is what the original looks like.
http://www.eznetideas.com/brad/q.jpg |
Brad
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dayve
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Posted - 06 December 2004 : 12:03:03
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I think they used an exact copy, feathered the mask (to add a buffer area) on the black one and layered it over the grey one. I can try to reproduce it this evening, but if Roland sees this topic here shortly, I'm sure he'll be able to answer it quickly.
Also, my terms may not exactly represent what I am trying to say. I am not a graphics guru, but I know how to do a lot of things without understanding the tools I used to do it. |
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redbrad0
Advanced Member
USA
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Posted - 06 December 2004 : 12:11:51
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| See I know some and usually get what I want done, but the problem is I will be having people that hardly know about a computer opening the file in Illustrator and I have to show them how to just click and change the text and then hit File --> Print. So I am hoping to find some way that is pretty each to teach someone to do or something like that. |
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Da_Stimulator
DEV Team Forum Moderator
USA
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Posted - 06 December 2004 : 12:28:03
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Looks to me like...
Drop shadow (seperate layer)
stencil outline or some form of outline on the top layer above the drop layer...
I can try and re-produce also using psp |
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redbrad0
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Da_Stimulator
DEV Team Forum Moderator
USA
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Posted - 06 December 2004 : 12:44:43
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| Ok, nevermind then... I dont have illustrator... |
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sr_erick
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 06 December 2004 : 13:21:27
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| Brad, in photoshop add a drop shadow, turn the opacity all the way up, select the color, distance, and angle you want and turn the size all the way down. After that add a stoke to the letter with a width of however much you want and a color which is the same as the background color of the canvas. |
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laser
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Australia
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Posted - 06 December 2004 : 14:07:29
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Yeah, I think it would be much the same in anything else that is similar - stroke the same colour as the background.
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because printer is only hooked up to print thru illustrator even though photoshop is installed.
I don't know Illustrator at all, but how can the printer (hardware) work with one app and not another ? |
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Roland
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Posted - 06 December 2004 : 16:35:55
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| In Illustrator all you have to do is create the type, add the shade and you're done. Just set the shade's blur to none and add an outline color to the type as suggested. I only tested in on Illustrator CS, but it works fine and the type remains editable. |
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redbrad0
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