In this movie, I'll show you how to create…the effect that's assigned to the text GOLDEN TICKET.…And it's a kind of official money-like effect as you can see here with an…offset shadow and this inset stroke that contains…a yellow fill, along with these white highlights.…So, it's a combination of four fills and two strokes, working together.…Now it's very possible, you don't have the font Nueva…Standard installed on your machine so I went ahead and converted…this text to path outlines by going to…the Type menu and choosing the Create Outlines command.…
That converts the text to a group of static path outlines.…But the effect I'm about to show you…is equally applicable to Live Text inside Illustrator.…So let's see how it works.…I'll go ahead and switch over to my document in…progress and select the letters using the Black Arrow tool.…Now, you need to make sure your Appearance panel…is up on screen, and you'll see the word Group…there along with contents.…If you were working on Live Text, you would see Type on…
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8/22/2013- Creating layers, sublayers, and groups
- Lifting a color and creating a swatch
- Assigning colors to paths inside groups
- Adjusting the stacking order
- Using the Width tool to adjust line weight
- Masking a pattern inside a background
- Assigning and modifying a gradient fill
- Creating a radial gradient
- Drawing a linear spiral with the Polar Grid tool
- Adding a credible 3D cast shadow
- Contouring with the Blob Brush and Eraser
- Creating and painting an overlapping path
- Placing Photoshop images in Illustrator files
- Previewing and printing documents
- Optimizing documents for the web
Skill Level Intermediate
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with Deke McClelland155h 55m Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome to One-on-One2m 14s
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11. Layers and Groups
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Creating and using sublayers5m 48s
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Creating clipping groups6m 40s
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Working in an isolation mode5m 29s
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12. Swatches and Stacking Order
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Searching swatches by name8m 31s
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Adjusting the stacking order6m 30s
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Pasting in front and in back6m 13s
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Combining multiple fills7m 32s
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13. Strokes, Dashes, and Arrows
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Introducing the Stroke panel4m 49s
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Dashes and arrowheads4m 12s
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14. Gradients and the Gradient Tool
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Creating a radial gradient5m 26s
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Adjusting the midpoint skew3m 31s
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How gradients work1m 3s
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15. Seamlessly Repeating Patterns
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16. Align and Distribute
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17. Pathfinder Operations
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Adding to a compound shape3m 20s
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Using Divide and Minus Back4m 28s
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18. Live Paint and Interlocking Paths
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Introducing Live Paint5m 39s
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19. Placing Photoshop Images
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Working with linked images8m 58s
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Linking vs. embedding images10m 29s
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Unembedding an image3m 30s
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20. Printing a Document
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Placement, scale, and tiling5m 59s
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21. Saving for the Web (and PowerPoint)
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Conclusion
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Until next time54s
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