Tutorial (Part B) - Neon Sign Effect
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After selecting the desires location, type in the desired text. To get a good effect choose big font size (size 50 - 60, we used "Comic Sans MS" size 52 font, figure no.7).
figure no.7
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Use the mouse to draw a piece of arrow shape ,move & resize the text to the desired location (figure no.8)
figure no.8
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Click on ESC key or on Layers & Objects -> Deselect All Layers & Objects menu, to deselect and fixed the text to it's place
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At this stage you should have image with four layers - a background layer, rounded rectangle shape layer, arrow shape layer and a text layer.
Select the rounded rectangle shape layer (figure no.9 - 1), on the effect tab check in the Glow effect and click on the "..." button near to it to open the Glow tab of the vectorial effects dialog (figure 9-2)
figure no.9
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On the Glow tab of the vectorial effects dialog fill in the values shown on figure no.10 and click OK to apply
figure no.10
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Select the arrow shape layer (figure no.11 - 1), on the effect tab check in the Glow effect and click on the "..." button near to it to open the Glow tab of the vectorial effects dialog (figure 11-2)
figure no.11
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On the Glow tab of the vectorial effects dialog fill in the values shown on figure no.12 and click OK to apply
figure no.12
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Select the text layer (figure no.13 - 1), on the effect tab check in the Glow effect and click on the "..." button near to it to open the Glow tab of the vectorial effects dialog (figure 13-2)
figure no.13
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On the Glow tab of the vectorial effects dialog fill in the values shown on figure no.14 and click OK to apply
figure no.14
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Finally you should get a nice neon sign effect (figure no.15)
figure no.15
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