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Beveled text effect in Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop?
Hi All
I am trying to re-create this beveled effect on some text. I will be printing it on a VersaCamm. I’m not that bothered about the halftone effect, but I am having trouble getting a nice sharp edged beveled effect in Ps, and Illustrator intersects the tight corners. Anyone know a better way of doing this? And, just out of interest, does anyone know what type of printer these were printed on, given the fact that they are unlaminated and the halftone effect?
Many thanks
John
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probably a thermal printer, gerber or summa
You can download a plugin for photoshop from alien skin (eye Candy) free 30 day trial.
to create the bevel (not the halftone though)Peter
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Thanks Peter I’ll have a look at that. Would you agree that thermally printed stuff fades more over time than laminated solvent prints? Some of the prints on this guy’s lorries have got no colour on them at all now, and even some of the newer ones (4-5 yrs) are fading badly.
John
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Thermal prints from gerber were said to be "upto" three years
I have prints that I did about ten years ago on my gerber, that are still like new, BUT they have been indoors, and not in the harsh environment of road vehicles.last time I saw some that I had fitted to a van was a few days ago, they had started to fade but they are about 4 years old.
I doubt if solvent laminated prints will last much longer in a similar environment,
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I’m going to agree with Peter that the Alien Skin Eye Candy plug in is a pretty good one to have. You could also check around on the Adobe Exchange to see if something suits your needs.
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I should maybe add that I’ve done a few things like manually in FreeHand / Illustrator.
1.) I duplicate my path in place and then double the stroke weight of what the inset measurement for the bevel needs to be.
2.) After doing that you outline the stroke.
3.) Break the compound path and delete the unneeded line. This will give you the inset line where your bevel is.
4.) Then you would just need to draw your angles lines.
5.) Clip and weld where needed.
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Would this just be one of Gerber’s fonts? Or is there an easy way to put this together in Omega. I wouldn’t have thought the plugin would have been used for this sign?
Jason
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In photoshop if you go to layer – layer style – bevel and emboss there is an option in the structure section for technique, change this to chisel hard adjust the options to suit then put a stroke on the text and you should have exactly what you are after.
Dave
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