Quick Tip: Make Grunge Type with Live Trace and the Pathfinder
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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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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Seems to stop after about 1:43, just as you change the traced wood to vector shapes…
Same here. Too bad :C
Hi Everyone – I’m getting this fixed ASAP, there seems to be a glitch in the file that was uploaded.
Thanks you so much, I was enjoying that tut, since it looks kinda hard to make a grunge vector. ‘-’
Fixed now :)
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!