Creating 3D Lettering Effects in Photoshop - Part 1

Creating 3D Lettering Effects in Photoshop - Part 1

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Clean masks for shadows using pen tools in PS

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Clean masks for shadows using pen tools in PS

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Creating 3D Lettering Effects in Photoshop - Part 1

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  1. 1 Start
  2. 2 Intro to Angelo’s work
  3. 3 Sketch and plan for today’s work
  4. 4 Overview of the vectoring process in Illustrator
  5. 5 Moving the lettering over to Photoshop
  6. 6 Working with the Mixer Brush
  7. 7 How Angelo came up with his style
  8. 8 Working on the BLEND lettering
  9. 9 Mixing 3D and 2D
  10. 10 Previewing the composition - making edits
  11. 11 Overlapping the type - painting shadows
  12. 12 Pen pressure/stylus vs. mouse control
  13. 13 Clean masks for shadows using pen tools in PS
  14. 14 Experimenting with the effects - highlights for effect
  15. 15 Example of Angelo’s animation with type
  16. 16 Continuing with the shadows
  17. 17 Highlight and shadow colors
  18. 18 120:19 Focusing on highlights - secondary lights
  19. 19 Painting into a layer mask for a bg effect
  20. 20 Adding strokes to highlight the lettering w/pen tool
  21. 21 Using gaussian blur to push back the highlights
  22. 22 Creating overlap with an underline stroke
  23. 23 Cutting out shapes with/shadows
  24. 24 Recap and what’s next for the lettering composition

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