#3d bevel text in illustrator how to

IвЂ™ll mainly focus on the word вЂњItalianвЂќ in this tutorial, since the process for the text treatment is the same for both word groups. This may be easier to do if youвЂ™re using a graphics tablet and the Pencil Tool (N) if you want your curves to flow with quickly drawn lines. IвЂ™ve used the Pen Tool (P) in order to draw a shape that hides the little kick on the end of the вЂњTвЂќ and flows into the expanded flourish path. In order to make sure the flourish drawn in the previous step fits in with the text group seamlessly, Zoom (Z) in so you can work on the details of the final letter. Once youвЂ™ve got the flourish in a position and shape that you enjoy, Expand it in Object and Group together with your word (in this case itвЂ™s been Grouped with вЂњRoastвЂќ). Use the Width Tool (Shift вЂ“ W)В to taper the tail of the flourish by placing points with the tool near the end of the tail and dragging our mouse to make the path thinner at that end. Apply a thick stroke to the path in the Stroke panel. Using the Pencil Tool (N) I drew a swooping line from the letter вЂњTвЂќ that moves to the left and stops below the вЂњRвЂќ. I think the word вЂњRoastвЂќ needs a flourish. Expand your text to outlines under Object, and then Ungroup your text. I chose вЂњItalian RoastвЂќ, as itвЂ™s the name of a type of coffee, and I find this text effect goes well with all things coffee, packaging, and cafe related. Write out your text or title with the Type Tool (T). In this case, I chose Lobster 2, but also recommend Lobster, ChunkFive, or Birra. Topics Covered: 3D Text, Blend Tool, Textures.Pour a cup of coffee, sit back, and letвЂ™s create some text with the help of Illustrator effects, the Blend Tool, and textures fit for the branding of a coffee house.

#3d bevel text in illustrator how to

What other uses can you think of for this text effect? Have you done something similar in the past? Share it in the comments below.In this tutorial youвЂ™ll learn how to create dimensional text inspired by vintage packaging designs and logotypes. With the background selected, click Effect > Stylize > Inner Glow and use the following settings to get the effect below.ДЇind a grungy texture (we used our Concrete Texture 13), resize and/or crop your grunge texture to 960px x 640px and place it in your Illustrator document. Give the background a light gray gradient from top to bottom. Give it a radius of 80px and change the opacity to 60%.

Change the opacity of this shadow layer to 55%.Дuplicate the shadow layer, and adjust the Gaussian Blur settings by clicking Gaussian Blur in the Appearance palette. Next we will create some shadows for the 3D text.Дuplicate the white text layer, change the color to black, and move it into place beneath the 3D text.Д¬lick Effect > Blur > Gaussian Blur and use a radius of about 15px. Move the dark gray text layer up and to the left a couple of pixels. Give it a white stroke with a thickness of 0.1pt to cover up any edges of the darker text underneath that might show around the edges.Дuplicate the white text shape, remove the stroke, and give it a dark gray to almost black gradient. Select the faces of the text and copy them by pressing CTRL + C.Дelete the duplicate you created and paste the faces of the text back into place by pressing CTRL + F.Д¬hange the color of the new shape to white and move it into place directly on top of the 3D text. With the text shape selected, click Effect > 3D > Extrude & Bevel and apply the following settings to achieve the effect below.Дuplicate the 3D text and click Object > Expand Appearance. Your image should look like the one below. Click the Unite Button in the Pathfinder palette to merge any overlapping letters into a single shape. We used the font Cocktail Shaker.Д®xpand the text by clicking Object > Expand or by right clicking the text and selecting Create Outlines. Create a rectangle using a light gray color, and then create some white text on top. It is a perfect text effect for websites and advertising and the techniques used can be applied to create many other effects.Д®verything is done in Illustrator so it can be saved at any size without a loss in quality.Д¬reate a new RGB document in Illustrator at 300 DPI with a resolution of 960px x 640px. This tutorial will teach you how to use the 3D tools in Illustrator along with some simple but clever shadow techniques to create some awesome looking grungy 3D text.