Free PDF Manual Guide

ONE of the great improvements to AC9 is the rich text in the working environment. On the principle that anything that appears in the floor plan must also work in GDL, there is a way to author Rich Text in GDL – but it’s very hard work! It is not simply a matter of using something easy like BB-Code.
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We’re importing a vector-based image (the lettering),which was designed in an illustration program (i.e.Illustrator, Freehand,Corel or some sign application),into Photoshop® where it will be rasterized into a bitmap image.We’re then beveling that image,adding some simple airbrushed “hot spots”and then exporting it out of Photoshop as an RGB JPG file.Back in our original illustration program,we’ll import that JPG back into our file,place it over the lettering and paste it inside of it.The process of beveling JMV is the same used for Landscaping. For the sake of space,we’ll illustrate how the JMV was done.
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1. Here’s the original vector-based logo we created for John.
Lightning uses a simple chrome-airbrush fade,done with gradient fills pasted into the lettering. Signs was made prismatic by hand in Freehand.Then we added some gradients to the different sides of the letter.We then saved the file as an MS-DOS PC .EPS file,and added an outline path,which Roland’s ColorChoice RIP recognizes as the cutline.John was then able to scale and print this logo at any size he needed.What we needed for Photoshop was a CMYK .EPS file,so we saved it as that and then imported into Photoshop and rasterized it.
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