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I am working on a design that requires me to make the text 3D and shaded (if that makes sense).
I have always used "Effects", then extrude and adjusted to what I needed. Is there a better way that I am missing?
Next, I have never (until now) had to design a shaded font. In other words, it's starts as a solid color at the bottom of the text and disolves as it gets to the top (so that the shirt color can show through). How do I do that in Corel X3?
I know I'll need to convert to half tones for printing the film, but I need to get it shaded first.
I don,t have corel but in xara all I do is just select the object, click on the transperany icon, choose the type needed, move the slider for saturation and done.
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