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Shinny star effect?
Posted by Gary Lisko on 8 June 2011 at 05:54Can the "shinny perfection star" effect (thats what I call it), be made in signlab?
Gary Lisko replied 14 years, 4 months ago 6 Members · 10 Replies -
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probably yes,
do you have a picture of what you mean?
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i attached it twice but it doesnt appear on the forum. Heres a diff example:http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://sweetblossomdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/cobra.jpg&imgrefurl=http://360customdetailing.com/%3Fpage_id%3D126&usg=__7qMoBNCHxecD6Hzq3OJD8goudEI=&h=198&w=940&sz=53&hl=en&start=15&zoom=1&tbnid=Bs1giZh7aiyVEM:&tbnh=36&tbnw=172&ei=Ij_wTfmRE9DOgAfT2f3pAg&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dcustom%2Bdetailing%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1182%26bih%3D601%26tbm%3Disch&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=341&page=2&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:17,s:15&tx=69&ty=18&biw=1182&bih=601
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Seems like most design programs have that effect, Im not sure if theres a plug in for signlab? My guess is its an effect, not something that is made from scratch, but could be wrong.
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I can’t see this is possible without having the latest Signlab 9 which has transparency support.
The earlier SL9 has a few filters built in which can create a gradient diffuse glow around a drawn star but this then creates a bitmap with a solid background. Because of the gradient, fluid mask will leave a raw edge around the perimeter which would still fade out to white anyway.
I often do as Hugh says which still gives a good effect.
You could also draw a 4 point star and add a radial gradient to it (white centre radiating out to black but it would still have a solid edge.
For me I would create most of it in Signlab then export the image to Photoshop and add any effects. -
The white star is an idea. I was hoping to create a glow effect like how photoshop does, but unfortunately I dont have time to learn photoshop as I’m having quite a learning curve with signlab colors, printmodes & contour cutting.
Does anyone possibly have a few star effects as i was describing that could be sent in a file?
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