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Creative Text Effects

Both Describe and Print have some interesting special effects tools that can accept text and text shape objects to another level. Some of these "Special Effects" tools are found on the Way toolbar (VIEW-> TOOLBARS-> MODE). Some of the tools will crave a flake of trial and error when experimenting with them while others are more straight forward.

The tools/commands discussed hither include:

• Fontwork (mostly every bit comparison to the other tools)
• Set In Circle (Perspective)
• Fix To Circumvolve (Slant)
• Distort
• Duplicate Control
• Cross-Fading

Fontwork

Well-nigh users of Draw or Print are already familiar with Fontwork. This section volition review the Circumvolve Fontwork styles that most users are familiar with and add a few twists to information technology. This will fix the stage for 2 very special effects commands; Ready In Circumvolve and Set To Circle.

Fontwork Circumvolve Shapes

Of all the Fontwork styles, the Fontwork Circumvolve shapes seems to give users the most trouble. The icons represent what they do just they may not exist appear quite as obvious as they could exist, especially if a user has never worked in whatever other kind of graphic design program earlier. Even the tool tip that appears over the shape button is less than helpful.

The Fontwork Circle shapes are divided into two categories with 2 subcategories:

1. Circumvolve Curve: Circle (bend) and Open Circle (bend)
2. Circle Cascade: Circle (pour) and Open Circle (cascade)

Circle (curve)

The Circle (curve) shapes text over a circular path. The text can go completely around the path or partially around the path. The text flows effectually the path in an Eastward/Due west direction. The size of the text is controlled by how much it completes the round path. The less complete the circular path the smaller the text will exist. Also, the more text typed the smaller it will get. To get a real round shape rather than an elliptical shape the Fontwork object needs to exist stretched vertically. Moving the Shape Handle by either left or right sizing handle will flip the text, which is specially useful if only needing to use one-half of the path.

There is no direct way to control how the text flows along the circular path equally it flows as left or right with the middle betoken existence over either the left or right sizing handle. If only creating a half circle of text, the text volition menstruum either on the left or right half of the circumvolve not the tiptop or lesser. If you want the text to only catamenia on the top or bottom one-half of the round path then you need to rotate it into that position. If you try to use the Flip control to flip the text to the opposite side of the arc, it will not work the fashion expected as the text will flip backwards similar to a mirror image.

Although Circle (curve) shape is meant for a continuous string of words, you tin can create "discussion arches" where the words curvation over each other because they are on dissever lines. To create word arches y'all demand to use the Enter key to insert paragraph breaks between the words you wish to place on split lines. Past placing the words on split lines you go a series of row arches created by the words. The more than Enters (paragraph space) you identify betwixt the words the greater the vertical space between the words.

However, you will still need to do some small-scale manipulating of the shape to get some of the words readable as the inner arched words will jumble their messages together as the angle of the arch gets smaller and smaller. Generally all that is required is to reshape the Fontwork object using the Shape Handle, keeping in mind that more yous travel around the circular path, the larger the letters go. The side by side step is to stretch the words wider (not taller) by stretching the side Shape Handles until all text is readable (information technology will get very large). The final step is to resize the shape back to the original size past belongings down SHIFT button (to constrain the Proportions) and dragging any of the sizing handles until it returns to the desired size. If demand exist, apply the Rotate tool to rotate the Fontwork to the desired position (hold down the SHIFT central to constrain rotation to 15 degree increments or use the Position and Size box).

Open Circle (curve)

The Shape Handle flips the text when passing over the Tiptop or Bottom sizing handle.

The Open Circle (curve) is designed for multiple word Fontwork objects. At the bones level it behaves similar to the Circle (curve) control, in that words can flow completely around the path. The text flows in a North/Due south direction. The path e'er starts from the top heart and moves equally down both sides towards the bottom. When the Shape Handle passes over the Top or Lesser sizing handle then the words will flip. You lot can not direct create a left, right or bottom half circle of text but you can Rotate the text into that position.

The real purpose of the Open up Circle (bend) is to stretch a word or line of text across the middle of the circumvolve path as indicated by its icon. Once once more paragraph breaks (Enter key) are used to identify words on separate lines. If only one paragraph break is used, the give-and-take or words following the paragraph space volition exist placed in the middle and stretched across in a directly line. The Shape Handle will spread the word or words preceding the paragraph interruption around the top and bottom of the circumvolve. Multiple paragraph breaks create multiple variations.

The illustration below demonstrates the variation with i paragraph break placed after the discussion "Fontwork". Mostly yous will need to use the Shape Handle to redraw the shape to make information technology more readable.

Enter placed after the word Fontwork: Variations of the shape after i paragraph break. Inserting more than paragraph breaks separates the the text creating more space. An epitome or another discussion can be placed within creating a "logo" upshot.

Where you place the paragraph break, in front of or backside a discussion tin can make a deviation on how the shape behaves. Placing a paragraph break before and later on the showtime discussion "Fontwork" places the word Fontwork in the eye of the round path and therefore on the straight line.

Enter placed after each give-and-take: Paragraph breaks placed later each word except the last give-and-take "(bend)". Each shape is adjusted with the Shape Handles to brand the text more readable.

Every bit mentioned above inserting a paragraph pause earlier the starting time word places the starting time give-and-take in the eye text and stretches it across the centre circle shape. Placing a paragraph interruption afterward the last word can also produce interesting results. In this analogy both Fontwork objects accept a paragraph infinite later the words "Fontwork" and "Open". The 2d Fontwork object has an extra paragraph break later on the last word "(curve)". This empty paragraph break makes the words "Circle (curve)" the middle of the circular shape and therefore straightens and stretches them while maintaining a curve arch for both the words "Fontwork" and "Open".

Circle (pour)

The discussion "pour" in Circumvolve (pour) means that the letters tin be foreshortened (perspective similar view) towards or away from the middle of the circumvolve path. Moving the Shape Handle towards the heart, elongates the letters towards the eye and making them appear to be foreshortened into the centre. Moving the Shape Handle away from the centre, compressing the foreshortening making the letters appear to be receding abroad from the centre. The text flows in left/right direction. Passing over the horizontal center flips the text. To pour every bit shut into the centre as possible, you need to zoom in very close.

The Shape Handle greatly influences the "pouring" of the messages. Dragging the Shape Handle towards the centre of the circular path "pours" the letters into the center, with a strong sense of foreshortening as the letters are skewed towards the middle. Moving the Shape Handle away from the middle compresses the text but nonetheless provides some foreshortening of the text with the sense that the text is receding away from the viewer.

The more the text is poured towards the centre more than it needs to complete the circle to get readable. As demonstrated in this illustration, a half circle of test is best read when dragging the Shape Handle away from the middle. Besides the more than words use in the Fontwork object the more acute the foreshortening becomes as the Shape handle is dragged towards towards the center.

Although this shape probably wasn't specifically meant for paragraph breaks, they volition withal alter the await of the Fontwork object. With the Circle (cascade) object in that location is the extra option of pouring towards or away from the center. However unlike the Circle (curve) object placing a paragraph break after the first discussion does not allow that give-and-take to continue around the circumvolve. Placing a paragraph suspension after at least two words volition let those words to catamenia around the circle shape. Also go on in mind, since this shape is a left/right flowing shape, you may demand to Rotate information technology for a elevation/bottom menstruation.

In this analogy the four columns demonstrates how the Fontwork object becomes modified by placing paragraph breaks after dissimilar words. The "Enter" of course represents a paragraph break.

The Fontwork objects in the middle row represents a mid-range where the text is not skewed very much and the text is yet very readable.

In the top row the Fontwork object's Shape Handles were dragged equally close as possible towards the heart for an farthermost foreshortening (pouring) towards the centre. For fine incremental adjustments it does help to zoom in closely on the object when dragging the Shape Handle. If you don't zoom in close you may terminate up flipping the text rather than pouring towards the centre.

In the lesser row the Fontwork object'southward Shape Handles were dragged away from the centre for an farthermost compressing of the text.

Open Circumvolve (pour)

Similar the Open Circumvolve (curve), the Open Circle (pour) is meant to receive paragraph breaks to place words in the middle of the round shape. In this illustration the paragraph suspension is placed after the discussion "Fontwork" which forces the words "Open Circle (pour)" to be placed in a straight line in the eye while allowing the word "Fontwork" to flow around them. The menses is a north/south direction. Extra space tin can be added between letters or words if more spacing is needed. There is an changed relation betwixt the number of words used for the direct center, and how pronounced the foreshortened pouring effect will be.

In this illustration there is a paragraph intermission later the word "Fontwork" (which forces the word "Open up" on its own line) and a paragraph break after the word "Open" (which forces the words "Circumvolve (cascade)" back out into the circle). However unlike the other circle shapes find that if more than one paragraph break is used the words can be fabricated to accidentally overlap each other making them hard to read. Of all the Fontwork Circumvolve shapes, this one probably requires the almost control to be effective.

Multiple paragraph breaks and shape aligning produce interesting results.

As with the Circle (pour) dragging the shape Handle towards or abroad from the centre modifies the foreshortening "pouring" effect considerably. Once again if you wish to pour into the centre as shut as possible, information technology volition be necessary to zoom in close.

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Fix in Circle (perspective)

Gear up in Circle (perspective) is one of the object transforming tools found in the Manner toolbar. The Style toolbar contains most of the special effect tools for transforming objects. This tool works simply on vector objects non bitmap objects. All vector objects including text, Cartoon shapes and Fontwork, must to be converted to a "Curve object". (Most of the tools in the Way toolbar will ask yous if you wish to catechumen the object to a curve if its non already a curve object.) This tool reshapes objects in a like way that the Fontwork shape handle reshapes text. All vector shapes including all the Drawing Shapes can exist distorted, bend and reshaped.

When the Set up in Circle (perspective) tool is selected the pointer will change to the "Set in Circle" icon when placed over any choice handle. As soon as the selection handle is manipulated a perspective filigree becomes visible over the object. As you curve, twist and misconstrue the object the grid besides bend, twists and distorts with the object so its piece of cake to encounter how and why the object is being transformed into the shape it becomes. The object tin be manipulated to such an extent that in no longer resembles its original shape.

The circular grid tin be seen to exist made made up of circular "rings" with longer rings on the outside and shorter rings towards the middle. Any role of the shape that is on the outside rings will elongate or stretch wider while any part of the shape that is in the shorter rings will compress or squish together.

The Circle Grid

In this analogy a Drawing star shape has been converted to a curve and the Set in Circle icon is manipulating the pinnacle right choice handle. The basic concept is to elevate that handle in circular pattern (hence the name Set in Circumvolve) and bring it back to the opposite side of the shape as shown. Its not necessary to complete the circle, you tin can stop at any point. The grid shows the round pattern and how it distorts the shape.

This tool can easily become out of control as shown here in this zoomed out illustration of the Describe slide. Its very easy to make the grid jump really large and off the slide. Similar to the Fontwork shape handle, the object is easily flipped when passing over a sure point. The centre handles will consequence the object differently than the corner handles. When dragging a handle, you generally drag in a round move. Its non necessary to drag out a complete circle, you can stop at any signal and just drag out a part circle. For the all-time results it is necessary to zoom in close as that will provide more control over the tool. When zoomed in close the tool can even be made to overlap itself and create some interesting shapes.

Some tips on using this tool:

• Zoom in close for improve control
• When dragging a handle, continue information technology close to the shape. The farther you elevate information technology away from the shape the less command there is and near likely the grid volition jump very big.
• The SHIFT key can be used to slow downward the drawing of the filigree and it tin can help to constrain the size of the grid.
• It is not necessary to elevate the grid into a complete circle.
• A shape can be manipulated over and over.
• Try dragging different handles, y'all volition get unlike results.
• If yous don't like what you get use the Disengage control or the keyboard shortcut CRTL+Z.
• This is an excellent tool to dispense text that has been converted to a Curve.

Manipulating a Text Shape

Every bit shown in this illustration, the larger y'all make the circle filigree the more foreshortened (compressed) the letters get. To some extent, the circular shape of text resembles some of the Fontwork Circle shapes discussed above. It does brand a departure which handle is used. The top and bottom heart handles will produce an entirely different effect than the other handles. The corner handles and the left and correct middle handles always produce a round effect as show here while the top and bottom middle handles volition create a very different effect as shown below.

In the first instance the right centre handle was dragged to create the circle text shape. The corner handles and the left/right heart handles create a narrow ring shaped circular grid.

In the second case the top middle handle was dragged which creates a large, flat round grid. The text shapes stretch flatly along the circular grid creating a kind of spinning result. This also creates large blocks of solid areas from the overlapping shapes, which renders the text unreadable.

Reworking the Grid

Ane advantage of the Set up in Circle (perspective) tool is that circular shape'south grid tin be manipulated over and over. The almost interesting shapes will probably those whose grid has been manipulated at to the lowest degree twice. In this illustration the three circular shapes are manipulated once again using different handles. The results yield dynamic just still readable text shapes. Drop shadows, color fills and even rotating the shape if necessary, will provide lots of "artistic punch" to the circular shape. However, manipulating the grid across 3-four times often results in some distorted and unreadable text shapes.

More examples demonstrating manipulation of the grid multiple times using different handles.

Keep in mind that when a shape'south grid is existence manipulated several times that the shape is already foreshortened and distorted and it is this foreshortening and distortion that you are manipulating. Its not as if the shape resets itself before the adjacent baloney. In other words if the text has been stretched or distorted too much to be readable, there is no way to set up information technology as the distortion only gets worse. This where the Undo command comes in handy. If the shape isn't working out subsequently the second or tertiary manipulation cut your losses and use the Disengage and endeavour again.

When manipulating the circle grid multiple times keep an eye on how the text shape winds around the "rings" of the grid. The larger outside rings volition elongated the shape with the greatest elongation happening on the outside ring. Conversely, the smaller lower rings will compress the shape with the greatest pinch of the shape taking identify in the lowest ring of the grid. Using dissimilar handles and rotating in different direction effects the elongation and compression of the grid. If you find that the part of the shape in the lower rings of the grid are also compressed, you can endeavour dragging a couple of the middle handles outward. Generally when the eye handles are dragged outwards they tend to stretch the shape and can sometimes stretch out a compressed area. However if the shape is likewise compressed this may non help and the only recourse is to use the Disengage command to undo to a previous country and endeavour over again.

Keep this in mind:

• the smaller you brand the lower rings the more compressed that part of the shape will go.
• The larger you make the outside rings, the more elongated that part of the shape will become.

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Prepare to Circle (slant)

The Set up to Circle (slant) control is too found in the Mode toolbar, only information technology works differently than the Set in Circle (perspective). The departure is in how the shape is distorted around the circumvolve grid. This illustration compares both the Set in Circumvolve (perspective) and Set to Circle (slant) shapes. Whereas the perspective shape flattens the letters as the circle is completed, the slant compresses or "slants" the letters at the widest bending. The slant effect looks like the text shape is wrapping around something.

In other words both the perspective and camber modes use the circle grid to shrink a shape but the deviation is in how the circumvolve grid achieves this effect. Whereas the perspective filigree creates a filigree with larger outer rings and smaller lower rings that is used to compress the shape, the slant filigree stays the same size and the compression happens to the edges of the filigree that are at the greatest bending from your point of view.

The difference between the two is better illustrated using the phrase "Around the World". In the perspective object the letter of the alphabet shapes are flattened out and circle the globe image in a North/Due south longitudinal direction equally if circling around the poles. In the slant object the letters shapes rotate around the world epitome in a latitudinal management every bit if they are circling effectually the equator of the earth. Equally the letter of the alphabet shapes "curve" around the earth, where the bend is the greatest the letter shapes are compressed thin and have the visual appearance of circling the earth. Therefore the Set to Circle (slant) is all-time used when the consequence of circling around the circumference of an object is desired.

Dragging a handle left or right produces a slightly different effect as to how the letter of the alphabet shapes rotate effectually the circle grid. Dragging to the left you tend see the bottom of the letter of the alphabet shapes. Dragging to the correct you tend see the top of the letter of the alphabet shapes.

Equally shown here, the larger you brand the circle grid the more slanted (skewed) the letter shapes get. To proceed the letter shapes more readable, make a smaller circle and just enlarge it using the handles. Go on the SHIFT button downwards to constrain the proportions. Yous will probably find that enlarging smaller shapes works better than creating overly large shapes.

Reworking the Grid

Reworking the Set to Circumvolve (slant) grid will not yield the multitude of interesting results that the perspective manner did. The two principal reason beingness that you lot take less control on the baloney and some attribute of the shape will ever be severely compressed. However working the filigree can yield some interesting, though not necessary totally readable results.

Wrapping the Shape Around an Image

To create the appearance of the text shape wrapping around an prototype several steps are required:

1. Ungroup the shape - all letter of the alphabet shapes tin now exist individually selected.
2. Select the letter of the alphabet shapes that should appear backside the image and use the Send to Back command to sent those shapes backside the image as show in the "Re-worked" example.

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Distort

The Distort command is also constitute in the Style toolbar. It merely works on vector objects that have been converted to curves and that includes Drawing shapes, text and FontWork objects. Bitmaps need to converted to Contours but the issue is very limited on bitmaps and mostly acts equally mask that hides part of the skewed prototype. The Misconstrue command has two modes

• Skew: is activated by selecting any of the centre handles. The Left and Correct middle handles skew the object horizontally left or right and the Acme and Bottom center handles skew the object vertically upwardly or downward.
• Perspective: places a perspective filigree on the object when any of the corner handles are selected. Dragging by any corner handle creates a one-point perspective baloney. Dragging the top left corner handle creates a one-indicate perspective receding away from the viewer. Dragging the top right corner handle creates a one-point perspective coming towards the viewer.

Skew

When placing the cursor over whatever of the middle handles the cursor will alter to the "Skew" icon (double half arrows) and the arrows point in the direction to drag; horizontally for the Top and Bottom handles and vertically for the Left and Right handles. Objects can be skewed downwards to almost a apartment line. The object can also be stretched with the skew handles, thereby allowing an object to exist skewed and stretched at the same time.

Probably one of the best uses for the Skew is in creating skewed drop shadows on objects. In this illustration iv steps are shown in the creation of a skewed drop shadow. The right side of the analogy demonstrate how constructive skewed drib shadows tin be for adding depth to an object.

Perspective

Placing the cursor over whatever of the corner handles turns the cursor into the "pointing mitt" cursor and a one-point perspective grid is placed on the object. Dragging the handles clearly shows the grid and how the i-indicate perspective filigree will outcome the object. The handles can be dragged in whatever management. Holding downwardly the SHIFT fundamental will constrain the grid to 45° angles. Equally shown in this illustration on the correct, the ane-indicate perspective can be taken to the extreme and can make some text shapes difficult to read.

Reworking the filigree

As with the other special issue tools that utilise a filigree, the filigree can exist reworked by selecting another corner handle and moving in a different direction. Once again a grid will appear and the grid will indicate the perspective distortion that will be applied. Y'all will probably notice that reworking the grid will create meliorate effects than only applying the one-point perspective grid once to the object (unless, of course, the unproblematic one-point perspective is what you want). Combining the Skew and Perspective volition also create interesting effects.

Combining the Skew and Perspective furnishings can create a variety of interesting drop shadows for objects. Y'all will probably detect that this combination will create more realistic driblet shadow result than a elementary Skew or one-bespeak perspective shadow. These combination tin can create shadows that appear to climb upward a wall equally shown in the first example in this analogy.

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The Indistinguishable Command

The Duplicate command is plant under the Edit menu: EDIT -> DUPLICATE. It'southward function is to duplicate objects, however you need set up some of its options before you duplicate anything.

At the bones level the Duplicate command is fast tool for creating multiple copies of an object. For case, if you lot wanted to create 11 straight lines exactly 2.5cm (i inch) autonomously form each other, you would create the starting time line and so set those options in the control box, and equally a result, you would get exactly 11 direct lines, each exactly two.5cm autonomously. Or perchance you would like to create 11 stars, equal distant, going downwards the side of a page while blending their colours from ruby to blue; simply create the first star and ready those options in the command box. In other words instead of copying and pasting an object multiple times, then changing their attributes and and so adjustment them upward, the Duplicate Command can do some of that for y'all and save you lots of fourth dimension in the procedure.

The Indistinguishable Command dialogue box

The options are broken down as such:

Number of copies: number of duplicate copies

• Placement:
  • X axis: moves each indistinguishable horizontally left (negative value) or right (positive value). Each duplicate moves the "10 value" amount abroad from each other.
  • Y axis: moves each indistinguishable vertically up (negative value) or downwards (positive value). Each indistinguishable moves the "Y value" amount away from each other.
  • Angle: rotates the duplicated objects. Each indistinguishable is rotated from the previous duplicate by the indicated corporeality.
• Enlargement:
  • Width: stretches each duplicates' width (positive value) or compresses each duplicates' width (negative value).
  • Height: stretches each duplicates' pinnacle (positive value) or compresses each duplicates' elevation (negative value).
  • Angle: rotates each duplicated objects. Each duplicate is rotated from the previous duplicate by the indicated corporeality.
• Colors:
  • Beginning blend colour: applied to the original object which starts the colour blend between duplicated objects.
  • End blend color: final duplicated object's colour that ends the color blend.

But about whatever object tin be duplicated, including cartoon shapes, Fontwork, custom shapes, text, text shapes and bitmaps. Some options may non be applicable to certain objects, i.due east., the Colors options won't use to duplicated .jpg images, but will apply to .gif and .png images that contain transparencies every bit the transparent part volition be filled with the blend colours.

Some points to consider when using this command:

• An object being duplicated volition have its original colour replaced past the Start blend colour if the colours are not the aforementioned.
• When duplicating text boxes, the options only utilise to the text box itself, not the text.
• Grouped objects will have their original colours replaced with the Kickoff blend color.
• The Colour options practice not apply to non-transparent bitmap images like .jpg and .tif only will apply to bitmap images with transparences like .png and .gif (the transparent role of the images takes the colour).
• The effect of the Placement and Enlargement options are cumulative. For example, if the Width option setting is set to 2.5cm (i inch), the first duplicated object's width will be stretched (increased) by 2.5cm which then becomes the starting width for the 2d duplicate, which in plough increases its width by some other two.5cm, which then becomes the starting width for the 3rd duplicate which in turn increases its width by some other 2.5cm and then forth.
• The duplicated objects are not Grouped together.
• Duplicated objects are duplicates of the original, significant that if a FontWork object is duplicated all the duplicates are Fontwork objects too.

Examples of the Duplicate Command and with diverse options. Since this control effects a text box rather than the text, the text hither was converted to curves then the that text shape could be effected. The original text shape was Black and the Start and Terminate blend colours were Red and Green. If you don't wish to blend colours, make sure the Start and Stop colours are the same as the object's colour.

Information technology is clear to see that using a combination of options will yield many interesting possibilities. Applying this control to Fontwork objects can as well create some interesting designs.

Mixing upwards the options won't always yield useable results. Like any special effect tool its a thing of trial and error earlier you tin can reasonably anticipate what the results will be. As always, if the outcome doesn't turn out the way y'all wait or similar, then Disengage the effect and effort some other options.

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Cross-fading

The Cantankerous-fading control is found nether the Edit card: EDIT -> Cross-FADING. It's function is to make incremental changes to the indistinguishable objects in a "twisted" way. This command requires 2 objects; a Start object and an Stop object which are normally ready a little altitude apart so that the duplicates can exist created between them. In one case completed, the command Groups all objects together.

At the basic level, if the Start and End objects are the same then the duplicates will be identical, which is similar to the Duplicate Command. For example, if 2 squares of the same size but different colours are used as the Start and End objects, the duplicates volition all be the same size merely their colours will exist a blend between the Showtime colour and Cease colour. If, however, the End foursquare is bigger, then each duplicated objects will increase in size until the last duplicate is near the same size equally the Finish square. Cantankerous-faded objects are ever grouped together once they are created. To employ any of the in-between objects they volition need to be ungrouped. Only vector shapes can exist Cantankerous-faded. Cartoon shapes can be used every bit they are simply Fontwork objects will need to be converted to curves to cross-fade properly. Text boxes won't cross-fade so text needs to be converted to curves to cross-fade. The existent fun part happens when Cross-fading different shaped objects.

Cantankerous-fading examples using Drawing Shapes, text shapes and Fontwork objects. Text and Fontwork objects need to be converted to curves. The more unlike the Start and End objects are, the more distorted or twisted the Cantankerous-fading objects become.

Although Cross-faded objects are automatically Grouped, Cross-fading volition non work on Grouped objects. When converting text to curves go on in mind that the Catechumen to Curve command volition besides automatically Group the text shapes together. The text shapes volition need to Ungrouped as private objects so either Merged or Combined into one object. The text shapes will nevertheless look the same but will no longer be a collection of individual grouped shapes. If you are e'er trying to employ the Cross-fading command on ii objects and find that the command is "grayed" out, meaning information technology can't be used, and then its most likely that one or both of the objects are still grouped together.

Cantankerous-fading Control dialogue box

Cross-fading has merely 3 properties:

Increments: the number of incremental changes (created objects) between the START and Terminate objects.

Cross-fade attributes: blending the START and Stop attributes, such every bit colour and line, between all created objects. If left Unchecked then the START objects attributes are practical to all created objects.

Same orientation: makes a smoother transition betwixt the cantankerous-faded objects by orienting them on the same plane. This tin can be seen in this analogy of a Cross-fading ruby-red diamond shape and dark-green square. In the starting time instance the Aforementioned orientation is selected and the cross-faded shapes are in the same flat plane as the Beginning and END objects. In the 2d example the Same orientation is not selected and the flat plane of the cross-faded shapes appear to rotate towards/away from the viewer into their new shapes.

The Cross-fading effect matches which Get-go and Stop shapes will cross-fade with each other starting from the left shape and working towards the right to the last shape. Where the Start and END objects contain different number of shapes, the consequence tries to simulate the cross-fading of the non-matching shapes. In this illustration the first example has a START shape using merely the text shapes "cross" while the END shape uses the full text shape "cross-fading". In the second instance a triangular, square and round shape is cross-faded into the "cross-fading" text shape. Notice that in both cases the START object has less shapes then the Terminate object. The Cross-fading upshot simulates the non-existing shapes based on the distortion of the existing shapes. Notice that the triangle, foursquare and circle shapes are cross-faded but into the offset three letter shapes of "Cantankerous-fading". Generally, if the Showtime and End objects comprise the same number of shapes then the cantankerous-fade event tin ameliorate match shape to shape which will usually yield better results.

Creating Grungy Text

Anyone who has used the Points button to admission and manipulate the Control points of text shapes knows that you tin can create unique text shapes using this method. Still it requires a lot of practise to understand how Control points effect line segments. An easier style to create unique, weird, jagged, rough or grungy looking text shape letters is to Cross-fade 2 text shape objects. For example, if creating a Halloween banner, cantankerous-fading 2 "Halloween" text shape objects can rapidly create some rough, grungy looking intermediate text shapes that help convey the spooky Halloween content. In this illustration two unlike fonts were used used for the Get-go and Stop text objects (you can utilize the same font for both as long as one is different such as enlarged or stretched). Not all the cantankerous-faded objects will be useable, but some of them volition be very readable as shown here. The higher the Increment number, the more intermediate shapes are created which yields smaller changes between each shape which in turn creates a college number of readable text shapes.

Conclusion

The quest to create unique text requires taking steps beyond the default of just applying fill colours, outlines and Fontwork. These special text effect tools will permit you to create unique, ane-of-kind text shapes that tin can be used for banner text, logos and headlines.

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