GRAPHICS PRO

September '21

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G R A P H I C S - P R O. C O M 2 0 2 1 S E P T E M B E R G R A P H I C S P R O 7 9 rough and chiseled in the letters is achieved in layer effects. Bevel and Emboss are a favorite with a multitude of variations to make and embellish our text. The Bevel effect has many options, and we chose the Inner Bevel to get the peak in the center of the type. We chose Chisel Hard for a rough look, the direction for the light, and the size to pinch from the edge to the center to get a raised look. The shading was the real trick to give us a 3D look to all the text. We played with the angle and moved the point around inside to see the changes taking place. The gloss contour gave the appearance of a polished surface — exactly the look we needed. Lastly, we considered the highlight and shadow. Bright white for the most shine and a shadow color that considered a darker tonal value. With a simple black line drawing of a ring, we did some manual painting with some subtle shading with brown to not compete with the black in the type, and more highlight white along the edge to match the effect in the text. Since the sword was meant to be in the background, we rendered it simple. There were several garment colors this would be printed on, and we used a basic gradient on one edge to utilize the substrate in the shadow areas by eliminating this on the white printer, or base-plate, and then re- ducing the density in the highlight. COLOR CREATIONS For seps, we utilize the full color and gray- scale breakdown of the RGB channels. These act as composites and masks to cre- ate each of our color plates within channels. By manipulating the information on each channel, we achieve all of our solid fill areas WWW.JUSTHOODSUSA.COM JHA001 COLLEGE HOODIE BLACK SMOKE ARCTIC WHITE

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