#Gold outlinetext box how to#
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Set the Color Dodge blending mode for this stroke. Set 4000% for Spacing value, and click OK.Ĭlick on the Apply to Stroke in the dialog box. Select the text, then click on the Add New Stroke button in the Appearance panel.Īpply a brush to the stroke which was created in previous step.Ĭlick twice on the Scatter brush icon in the Brushes panel in order to get access to the parameters of the brush. Save the brush without changing the default settings. In the opened dialog box, select the Scatter Brush. Then go to the Object > Blend > Make, and next to Object > Blend > Blend Options… and set 10 specified steps.ĭrag the blend object into the Brushes panel (Window> Brushes). Now create a second circle – 1x1px with a light-grey stroke R=204 G=204 B=204. With the help of the Ellipse Tool (L), create a 20x20px circle with a black fill R=0 G=0 B=0 and no stroke. Thereby we’ve created a bevel on the edge of letters. Step 8Ĭhoose grey R=153 G=153 B=153 for the stroke and set a 2px width in the Appearance panel.Īpply the Multiply blending mode to the stroke. We’ve created a text reflection in this step. In the opened dialog box select Reflect Y option, and click on the lower white square in the reference point locator.Īpply the Screen blending mode to the fill and reduce the opacity to 35% Now go to the Effect > Distort & Transform > Transform…. Replace the gradient of the upper fill with a vertical linear gradient from brown R=181 G=113 B=40 to black R=0 G=0 B=0. There you have it! We’ve now created the background in this step. Replace the gradient of the lower fill with a radial gradient from dark grey R=43 G=43 B=43 to black R=5 G=5 B=5. Set the Extra Width and Extra Height value in the opened dialog box. Keep the lower fill selected and go to the Object > Convert to Shape > Rectangle…. In this step, we’ve manually created a drop shadow effect from the text.Ĭlick on the Add New Fill button in the Appearance panel. This can be done in the Transparency panel or directly in the Appearance panel. Replace the gradient of the lower fill with a vertical linear gradient from white to grey R=64 G=64 B=64.Īpply the Multiply blending mode to this fill. Shift the upper vertices of the text bounding box down and to the center as it is indicated on the figure below, then click the OK button.

#Gold outlinetext box free#

Go to the Effect > Distort & Transform > Free Distort…. Replace the gradient of lower fill with a vertical gradient which consists of yellow R=255 G=182 B=77 and brown R=69 G=24 B=1.Ĭlick on the Duplicate Selected Item button in the Appearance panel, then select the lower fill. Go to the Effect > Path > Offset Path… and set 2px for the Offset value. Note that while working in the Appearance panel, the object should remain selected. To the fill, apply a linear gradient using the Gradient palette consisting of five colors: white R=255 G=255 B=255, light-yellow R=252 G=220 B=161, yellow R=255 G=182 B=77, brown R=69 G=24 B=1 and light-brown R=181 G=113 B=40.Ĭlick on Duplicate Selected Item button in the Appearance panel, then select the lower fill. Click twice on Type: No Appearance.Ĭlick on Add New Fill button in the Appearance panel. The letters disappeared, don’t worry–that’s the way it should be. Select the Fill attribute in the panel, then delete it by clicking on the Trash icon. Select a word, then click twice on the Characters in the Appearance panel (Window > Appearance).

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I used the Myriad Pro font and 180pt font size for such purposes. Take the Type Tool (T) and type any word in upper case. In the opened dialog box choose the RGB color mode, the size of the artboard doesn’t matter since we’ll create a graphic style.

to begin working on your gold text effect. Start Adobe Illustrator, then go to the File > New…. Topics Covered: Appearance panel, Scatter brush, live effects.Have fun learning our new vector tutorial!

#Gold outlinetext box how to#

You learn how to create this graphic style and then apply it to editable text objects. These all can be created with the help of the most powerful tool available in Adobe Illustrator–the Appearance panel. In today’s tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a complex gold text effect which includes a reflection, dropping shadows, and highlights.