This will fill in your letter face with your image. Once you have the letter face selected, drag the image you want to add into Photoshop in a separate window, and select the whole thing (Cmd + A).Ĭopy the image (Cmd + C), go back to the document with your text, and go to Edit > Paste Special > Paste Into. Now you can lay a pattern or other images over your letters. Step 9: Inserting Other Images into the Letterforms Use the Wand Tool (W) To select a letter face. Adjust the size of the text to fit the document where you want it. Copy the text from Illustrator and paste it into the new Photoshop document. Since I was creating an album cover for an online post, I used the dimensions 2.38″ x 2.38″. If this happens, just use the Selection Tool (V) to select the letter faces and Right Click > Arrange > Bring to Front.Ĭreate a new document in Photoshop. Sometimes, when using the “Add to Shape Area” button, it will bring the purple shapes in front of the letter faces. Use the Selection Tool (V) to select the purple shadows of each letter, and in the Pathfinder Panel, click on the “Add to Shape Area” button.Ĭhange the Fill color to the same purple (or other color) that you’re using. Make sure the Pathfinder Panel is visible if it’s not, go to Window > Pathfinder. The shadow should meet halfway through the curve of the letter. Once the curved shape is selected, keep double clicking until you can select each shape separately. The figures below show the progress on the letter A. (If you choose a more rigid, angular font, you will most likely just have to click on the flat planes.)Ĭlick on the curved plane of any of the letters. Since I chose a curvier font, adding a black shadow requires a few more steps. To correct for this, select the purple outline and right click to bring it in front (or vice versa if you want the white outline in front). However, sometimes the white stroke will fall in front or behind of the purple outline. You can do this by selecting all of the letter shapes and making the stroke white. With all of the 3D text selected, ungroup it by going to Object > Ungroup, then repeat once more so that you can click on the faces of the letters.įor my desired effect, I wanted to add an extra white outline right underneath the purple outline. Go to Object > Expand Appearance to convert your 3D text into vector points and lines. I adjusted the Extrude and Bevel options as shown below. To make the 3D text, go to Effect > 3D > Extrude > Bevel. Whatever stroke color you choose is the same color the 3D effect will become. Change the Bend to 12%.įor this piece, I decided to change my stroke color to purple and the fill to white.
Select your text with the Selection Tool (V), and go to Effect > Warp > Rise. I wrote out “LIFE’S A BEACH” using the Cubano font. Open any size document in Illustrator to establish your text. Here’s how you can create this kind of postcard-perfect type yourself, step by step. After that it was just a matter of creating the text.
For Volume 8 of our Songs to Design By mixtape series, the theme was “Life’s a Beach.” In creating the artwork for the mixtape, my inspiration came from those classic “Greetings from…” vacation postcards with the large, 3D type naming off the holiday spot.įor the background image, I used this photo from Thailand by contributor Galyna Andrushko, taken from our “Life’s a Beach” lightbox.
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