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Computers and Software => Raster and Vector Manipulation Programs, and How to Do Stuff in Them. => Topic started by: Prosperi-Tees on October 10, 2012, 10:42:03 PM

Title: How do you add a glow or fade type outline around text?
Post by: Prosperi-Tees on October 10, 2012, 10:42:03 PM

Do you give it an outline, then convert to an object and then do some sort of fountain fill?

Title: Re: How do you add a glow or fade type outline around text?
Post by: Denis Kolar on October 10, 2012, 10:46:23 PM

Outer glow in Illustrator.
It is under Effects/Stylize

Title: Re: How do you add a glow or fade type outline around text?
Post by: Prosperi-Tees on October 10, 2012, 10:52:30 PM

Geez drop shadow in Corel. Sometimes the obvious is hard to see.

Title: Re: How do you add a glow or fade type outline around text?
Post by: Sbrem on October 11, 2012, 09:07:23 AM

Let's not forget Layer Styles in Photoshop either...

Steve

Title: Re: How do you add a glow or fade type outline around text?
Post by: Chadwick on October 18, 2012, 10:13:30 PM

Plenty of ways to skin a cat.
What software do you work in?

Title: Re: How do you add a glow or fade type outline around text?
Post by: Prosperi-Tees on October 18, 2012, 10:15:53 PM

Corel x4

Title: Re: How do you add a glow or fade type outline around text?
Post by: Chadwick on October 19, 2012, 01:16:04 AM

Dropshadow, ala Corel then, if you want to stay vector-ish.
Pretty simple once you figure the tool out.

I wouldn't trust it for output though.

I'd do it freehand with a raster program, then underlay my graphic with what I just made.
But, that's just me.
I use Corel for vectors, and as an 'art desk'.
It excels at that, much like Illy, if you like Adobe's rules.

Preset, or freehand, I'll always advise converting any..'special effects', to bitmaps with a clearly
defined color pallete, at output resolution, before figuring it's ready to print.

Cheers.