Full Version: 3D Filling Letters

From: Teeth (ETTA) [#18]
 25 Mar 2007
To: ALL

Thanks Everybody -

What I am looking to do is to use a certain font for a person's name. Then I want to fill the font with a gradient that would give me a 3D effect on my laser. For example - the letter E. I wanted to create a 3D type of gradient that would be light on the center of each branch of the E (3 horizontal and 1 vertical) so it would have a lighter color in the center of the letter - then have a grayscale gradient flowing to the edges. I would think this may make a rounded beveled font after being rater engraved on my laser. Sorry I was unclear before - I hope this is clearer !!

Thanks

Tom

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From: Dave Jones (DAVERJ) [#19]
 25 Mar 2007
To: Teeth (ETTA) [#18] 25 Mar 2007

If you look at the images on posts 16 and 17 I think that Mike's method does what you are describing. It puts a white line in the center of the letters and a gradient going to the edges from there.

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From: Mike (MIKEN) [#20]
 25 Mar 2007
To: Teeth (ETTA) [#19] 25 Mar 2007

Tom:

Dave is correct. Use the method described by Mike Mc.

A gradient fill cannot be applied to give the result you want. If you try all the fill options you'll see that none follow the lines of the letters.

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From: Teeth (ETTA) [#22]
 25 Mar 2007
To: Mike (MIKEN) [#20] Unread

Got it - thanks again to everyone.
I got it working and it looks very nice. Now to see how it will look lasered. It's exactly what I wanted.

Thanks again

Tom

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