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092 Creating a 3D bevel effect behind a cover

092 Creating a 3D bevel effect behind a cover - InDesign Tutorial

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092 Creating a 3D bevel effect behind a cover

Hi, I'm Mike Rankin and welcome to InDesign FX. In this week's effect, we'll see how to make it look like objects are lurking mysteriously under a shiny surface using the emboss effect. So, here on my page, I have three objects, an Alien, a Spider and a Dagger. And it looks they're partially peeking out from behind this smooth shiny surface. And, in fact, if I pull up the bottom edge, I can reveal more of them and I can still see this embossing effect up here. So let's see how this was done. I'll go to the next page of my document, where I have my Alien, Spider and Dagger and this text what lurks beneath. The text has been converted to outlines. I'm going to Shift+click to select all objects, copy and paste them in place by pressing Cmd+Shift+Option+B. And in the Swatches panel, I'll set the mixed fill to black, and a tint of 100%. Now I want to change the bevel settings a little bit. So I'll start with the text, I'll move it over, open the Effects dialog box. I'll choose Bevel and…

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