If you work in packaging, editorial, corporate identity, or have
the need to supply powerful messages with words, this inexpensive
set of tutorials could be very valuable to you.
In order to keep scalability and raster effects problems to a bare
minimum, these techniques use tried and true vector tricks to mimic
techniques only found in Fireworks or Photoshop. Each of the 20 lessons
uses a variety of techniques based on simple repetitive actions that
quickly become second nature.
The techniques are not just for text, either. You can apply this
workstyle to any graphic you need, from logos to product illustration.
Here's a dozen of the 20 styles you'll learn...
All twenty styles would be shown, but as luck has it, the other styles are meant more for print than Flash presentation - there is just too much detail to be shown clearly on the Web. These styles include gold, inline effect, shiny plastic, brushed metal, streaming text effect, chiseled text, inset fill, and grunge.
The tutorials are offered in two flavors: inexpensive, and fast.
Inexpensive is a sawbuck - $10, and is shipped by US Priority Mail.
Everything ships from Pennsylvania, so you can estimate how long
delivery will take depending on your location. Fast is via Federal
Express 2-Day service, and due to the premium service costs $17.
Each lesson consists of a few to many pages created in FreeHand
MX. Just open the document in FreeHand MX and follow the steps. Since
it's a live document, you can select objects to see exactly what
has been done to them, and follow along at your own pace. It couldn't
be much easier!
