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Making Great 3D Text
In this tutorial, you will use a pattern file and several effects
to produce text that appears to be rusted. You can change the look
by changing the pattern, the offset of the lower layer, and even
the shadow. After you do this exercise, experiment by adding different
effects to the edges of the text or try different strokes for a
variety of results.
Source PNG file and Rusty texture Download
Here
To begin, follow these steps:
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| Open a new canvas (File|New)
and give it a size of 400 pixels wide by 150 pixels high with
a tan canvas color.
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Select the Text tool
and click on the canvas. Type the word "Rusty".
The font used for this particular title is 96-point Whimsy
TT and a color of black.
Note: If you open this file or any other that contains a font
you don't have installed on your computer, a dialog box will
open giving you the option to change the font or maintain
its appearance. If you choose to maintain the appearance,
the text will be converted to a bitmap image.
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This first text object is going
to be used as the edge of the final or top text layer. To
fill this bottom layer of the text, Open the Fill panel (Window|Fill)
from the Fill category, choose Pattern. In the Pattern Name
area, scroll down and choose Other. A dialog box will open
allowing you to locate the pattern to fill with. Navigate
to the location you saved rusty.png file; select it and click
on Open.
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In the Texture area
of the Fill panel, choose Line-Horiz 1 and 100% for the Amount
of Texture
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To bring back a bit
of the color that was lost by applying the texture, open the
Effects panel (Window|Effects), from the Add effects and presents
drop-down menu, choose Adjust Color|Hue/Saturation.Enter the
following values to obtain the result shown below:
- Hue: -13
- Saturation: -35
- Lightness: -37
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Choose Edit|Clone.
You don't need the effects you added to the text for the top
text object. To remove the existing effects from the cloned
text, click on the Hue/Saturation Effect in the Effects panel
and then click on the trash can icon to delete it. |
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In
the Fill panel, change the Texture Amount to 0%
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Using the keyboard
arrow keys, move the cloned copy up by 3 pixels and to the
left by 3 by clicking on the up arrow three times and the
left arrow three times. This placement allows the edge object
to be seen a bit.
The amount you nudge the top text object will depend on
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In the Stroke panel
(Window|Stroke), from the Stroke Category, choose Charcoal
and Soft for the Stroke name. The Tip size is 1. The image
below shows the top text object moved with a stroke added.
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