Quick Tip: Create a Versatile Transparent Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator
Tutorial Details
- Program: Illustrator CS2 and up
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- Length: 3:37 min
In this video Quick Tip, learn how to use a little-known feature of the Transparency panel to create a glowing, transparent text effect.
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By Cheryl Graham
Cheryl Graham trained as a traditional artist in drawing and painting. These days she spends more time in front of the computer than the easel. Her Illustrator work has been featured in the "The Adobe Illustrator WOW! Book" and "Real World Illustrator CS5." She wrote the now-defunct Illustrator blog at freetransform.net.
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It may be user error on my part, but I can’t get this to work in CS5.
What part wasn’t working for you? Maybe I can help.
Kat. I couldn’t as well, until I changed this option: File-Document Color Mode-RGB. Good Luck
I love these “Quick Tips” you guys do. I always seem to learn a little thing from them I never knew about. This inspired me to use the graphic styles palette more.