10 Maret 2010

Glittering Text Effect


Glittering Text Effect with Adobe Fireworks CS3 or below

Color Palette - Glittering Text Effect

#FF99CC#FF3366#FFCCCC#FFFDFD

Follow the steps given below:

  • Step 1: Open Fireworks and create a new file (File >> New or (Ctrl + N)) of size 350x350 pixels.

  • Step 2: Click the Text tool Text tool, choose FontAdobe Garamond Pro Bold, Font Size - 50, Color - #FF99CC, Font Weight - bold, Anti-aliasing level - Smooth Anti-Alias and write any text (as you like). The image below shows the Properties window in which you can set the font type, size and color:

    properties window

  • Step 3: Now we are going to apply Noise effect. For this we need to click the text, on the right side of the properties window, you will find filters, click over the + symbol and choose Add Noise from Noise. Click on the tiny blue circle with "i" next to the Add Noise filter (Edit and arrange live filters button) and set the following values for the filter: Amount as 50 and tick the option Color. The add noise window will look as below:
  • add noise

  • Step 4: To apply shadow effect, click the text. Now on the right side of the properties window, you will find filters, click over the + symbol and choose Drop Shadow from Shadow and Glow. Click on the tiny blue circle with "i" next to the Drop Shadow filter (Edit and arrange live filters button) and set the following values for the filter: Opacity – 30%, Softness – 3, Angle – 315, Distance – 4, Color - #000000. The drop shadow window will look as below:
  • drop shadow

  • Step 5: You can also apply some gradient effect to text. To apply gradient effect, select Rectangle Tool rectangle tool and draw a rectangle over the text. While the rectangle is still selected, choose the following options:
    a. Select the Fill Color go to Fill category >> select Gradient >> Choose Linear option
    b. Now click the Fill color, and then click on the small color rectangle that is on the left side and set its color to #FF3366.
    c. After that, click on the small color rectangle that is on the right side and set its color to #FF3366.
    d. Now add another three rectangle by clicking the ‘+’ arrow plus symbol in between the two small color rectangle and make the colors as #FFCCCC and #FFFDFD. See the illustration below that will show how to set the colors:
  • linear effect

  • Step 6: Now cut (Ctrl+X) the rectangle. Select the text and paste (Ctrl+Shift+V) the rectangle inside the text, so that the linear effect will apply to the text. See the image below that will show how the text will appear:

Glittering Text Effect

You can also animate the text and bitmap by adjusting the noise amount for additional frames. (Click for the Animated GIF tutorial).

The animated texts will look as below:

Glittering Text Effect

The animated bitmap will look as below:

Congratulations! You have now learnt how to create a glittering text effect.

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