Quick Tip: Make Grunge Type with Live Trace and the Pathfinder
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Quick Tip: Make Grunge Type with Live Trace and the Pathfinder

on Aug 16th 2010 with 7 comments
Tutorial Details
  • Program: Illustrator CS4
  • Difficulty: Beginner
  • Length: 2:44 min

Starting with a photo, learn how to create vector texture with Live Trace, then apply it to text for a grunge type effect.

You can find the wood texture used in this tutorial at "More Than 350 Free and Premium Wood Textures" on PSDtuts+

 
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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. She's been using Adobe Illustrator for over 15 years. Her Illustrator work has been featured in the "The Adobe Illustrator WOW! Book" and "Real World Illustrator."  

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  • http://www.freshclickmedia.com Shane

    Seems to stop after about 1:43, just as you change the traced wood to vector shapes…

    • http://www.bryan-kun.deviantart.com Bryan G. C.

      Same here. Too bad :C

  • http://bucketothought.com/loungekat/blog/ LoungeKat

    Hi Everyone – I’m getting this fixed ASAP, there seems to be a glitch in the file that was uploaded.

    • http://www.bryan-kun.deviantart.com Bryan G. C.

      Thanks you so much, I was enjoying that tut, since it looks kinda hard to make a grunge vector. ‘-’

      • http://bucketothought.com/loungekat/blog/ LoungeKat

        Fixed now :)

  • http://www.ucarmetin.com Metin

    This video tutorial doesn’t teach just what it states in the title. It teaches many other small, yet useful, techniques. At least, in my opinion =)

    Anyway, thanks!

  • http://twitter.com/kkatebeIII Katebe K.

    What font is used in the demo?