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Step#1:
Create your new design with document size as needed ,
FILE>>NEW ” Then add your setting to the file .
My file is 400W*200H with
- Normal monitor resolution 72 pixel/inch
- RGB Colors , “ if you need it for print purpose you may need to change the color type to CYMK .
- Transparent Background.
Step#2:
Select your background. “ one color background or a gradient background “.
In my case , I will create a gradient background with white and light gray color combined.
- From the toolbox chose the Gradient tool after choosing your foreground color and background .
- Select the first layer in your layers pallet , then with the gradient tool selected move it vertically from up to bottom .
Step#3:
Now select the type tool .
Chose a good font style and color that fit your needs , then start writing your text.
Step#4:
To add a perfect look to the text we will add a gradient effect to it .
- Select the text layer, from the bottom of the layer pallet, Click add a layer style Then select Gradient Overlay
- In the gradient dialog box chose your gradient style ,
” you may select your fore/back ground colors , or just chose one of Photoshop gradient styles stored . You can open them by clicking on the gradient list, Then chose the Scale you may need ” Scale of 50% is ideal in our condition “.
Take a look at the attached Photo .
Step#5:
To add the 3D style we need to rasterizing the text layer first .
- Right click on the text layer and click on rasteriz Layer option ,
OR From Layers Menu Click on Rasterize > Rasterize Layer.
Take a look at the attached Photo .
Step#6:
All we need now is to Positioning the text to a 3D perspective direction , Using transform selection .
- select the text layer THEN hit Ctrl+T Or Command+T if you are using Mac , Start moving your text with -8 degree diagonally upward .
- Then add about 10 to 30 degree to move the text in H dimension and around 5 in V dimension .
Take a look at the attached Photo .
Step#7:
Now Duplicate the new text layer ,
- click on the text layer and hit duplicate layer , Or just drag the text layer to the new layer icon on the layer pallet .
- With the duplicated layer selected , Press SHIFT and hit down 2 times . THAT will move the duplicated layer away from the original layer about 20 inches.
- With the duplicated layer still selected , Press ALT + CTRL bottoms then hit the up arrow about 20 times , as you see every hit you make a new layer is created with a shifting distance equals to one pixels .
NOTE : You must keep hitting until you reach the original text ( it's about 17 to 22 hit ).
NOW YOUR 3D TEXT IS READY … try to add your artistic touch to your design like adding a bevel and emboss to the top text layer ” The original one ” .
That's my final one.. Take a look, is it cool or what!!
Until next time , have fun .
On Tuesday, April 13, 2010, we are planning to release Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.3.2 and 8.2.2 as part of our regularly scheduled quarterly updates.
As mentioned in a previous blog post titled Adobe Reader and Acrobat Updates Include New Security Improvements, we have been testing a new updater technology with select beta customers since our October 13, 2009 quarterly update. The purpose of the new updater is to keep end-users up-to-date in a much more streamlined and automated way.
During our quarterly update on January 12, 2010, and then again for an out-of-cycle update on February 16, 2010, we exercised the new updater with our beta testers. This allowed us to test a variety of network configurations encountered on the Internet in order to ensure a robust update experience. That beta process has been a successful one, and we've incorporated several positive changes to the end-user experience and system operation. Now, we're ready for the next phase of deployment.
On Tuesday, April 13, 2010, as part of our quarterly update, we will activate the new updater for all users needing Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.3.2 and 8.2.2 for Windows and Macintosh. As of yesterday, April 7, 2010, we have been activating our new updater for those users who are not yet up-to-date with our latest versions. During this phase of the process, we are utilizing users' current update setting found in the Adobe Reader and Acrobat Preferences, under the “Updater” panel, as shown in the screen captures below.
In a future post, I'll focus on how to embed simulations in Adobe FrameMaker during the authoring process in order to avoid any post-processing work, but for now, my focus is on customizing the poster image for an embedded Flash movie directly in Acrobat 9.
Embedding Flash content in Acrobat 9 is quite easy, you use the Flash tool from the Tasks toolbar, double-click where you want to insert the SWF, Browse for it and click OK. That's it.
However, the purpose of the video below is to illustrate how to use one of the slides in Captivate to create a poster image for the embedded simulation, in order to make it obvious to the end user that this is a video simulation and not a simple, static screen shot.
If you are embedding Adobe Captivate simulations in your PDF document, I'd love to check it out. If you are able to share, please send me a tweet @rjacquez.
Click the image below to launch for the video in a new window.
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