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pokerplayer
Joined: 10 Jun 2006
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Location: London
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 Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 5:58 am Post subject: Quartz gem effect |
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I am an almost total newbie and am trying to make a star shape that would appear to be faceted and made of Quartz. I've trawled the net but Quartz does not seem to be popular! I have CS2 and it will be part of a logo for the web. I have used the shape tool but cannot get the colours/transparency right. Any help would be much appreciated as I have now been trying on and off for 2 weeks! PS I know nothing about the pen tool so please don't ask me to draw a star!!! I can however draw the star in Auto cad but when I export it as an eps it looks awful.
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Pixelcruncher
Joined: 08 Jun 2006
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Location: UK
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| Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 6:22 am Post subject: |
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Hi,
An easy way to get the hang of drawing with the pen tool is to display the grid and use that as a guide. Set the grids size in your preferences then display it and use as a placement guide for your star. You should also find a star shape in the custom shapes folder.
There is a tutorial for making quartz here that you might be able to adapt for your needs.
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pokerplayer
Joined: 10 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 4:13 am Post subject: |
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Many thanks, this gives me a starting point and the tutorial looks quite good, will give it a try this evening.
Cliff
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