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@kieranraymond572

2 жыл бұрын

instablaster

I spent almost 2 hours trying to do this following another video tutorial...after watching this video I took me 3 minutes to learn how to do it. thankuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

@MattBorchert

9 жыл бұрын

@107309255235583630046 That's amazing, thank you!

One of the best illustrator tutorials I have ever watched- detailed enough to be easy to follow, but simple enough to not be overwhelming. I especially appreciated your foresight to potential problems, and explaining how to avoid them. Thank you, thank you! I just subscribed.

I literally spent all day trying to follow all of the other 3D text tutorials and I felt like a complete dunce and failure because the instructions were all so convoluted. I was about to call it quits when I found your video. Your five-minute instruction was so darn basic and easy to understand and follow that I found success. My logo is going to look fantastic now. Thank you!

@linhdaohuyen9995

3 ай бұрын

same here bro. I lost all day watching all kinds of 3D tutorials and got so beaten up.

I’ve been using illustrator for over six years now and I just figured out how to do this thank you so much

@thedudedylan

2 жыл бұрын

Don't feel bad. I have been an art director for 13 years and this video just taught me how to do something I have been doing the hard way the whole time.

This was so helpful! After browsing about 20 videos on the topic, yours is the only tutorial that worked, and it worked FAST. Thank you!

loved this tutorial. quick, easy, and straight to the point. thanks! +1 thumbs up

Easily the best Illustrator tutorial I have ever seen. Learned so many other small things like Shift+Click to get RGB menu. Subscribed!

This was exactly what I was looking for, thanks! I laughed about not clicking on the image when selecting strokes/fills, I do that too and it drives me crazy!

@MattBorchert

8 жыл бұрын

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Quickest tutorial on this subject I've yet to find - thank you!

Well done dude! This video helped me a lot and you do have a great teaching skill. Much appreciated.

Dude you rock! there's another video out there which pulls up first when one searches, but the gent skips this whole process, thank you!

Thanks for making this video short and clear! Appreciated.

Thank you Matt, easy and fast... good tutorial...!

Thank you!!! Could not figure this out anywhere!!

very well..i tried to listen some other people but could not understand the 3d concept easily..but you made this 3d work so easily to work on.. thanks.

You’re amazing! Just found this now and it’s exactly what I needed. Thank you!

Awesome tutorial man , love the small tips ! thank you man.

Thank you very much for this tutorial, I needed this.

This has been one of the most useful ILLUSTRATOR tutorials I have watched since I discovered it 2 years ago.

@MattBorchert

3 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that Mustafa :)

definitely diving into your videos. Thank you so much for taking the ti to teach us that are green in the field. Have a great day

This was so helpful and on time for my current project!

Wow thanks! Really helpfull and easy to follow tutorial!

This is such a great tutorial. Thanks!

It really is a very useful video! Thank you so much!

This is so fast! Much easier than I have previously been doing! Thanks!

This method should be the standard in making 3D text in Illustrator. I've made 3D text following so many different tutorials, and I think this is the easiest, most time-efficient option. Thank you for your easy-to-follow tutorial!

@MattBorchert

8 жыл бұрын

No problem! This way does work out pretty sweet, and it doesn't put too much strain on the file either.

I needed this! I've been using Drop Shadow this whole time and haven't been happy with it. Thank you!

@MattBorchert

3 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it! :)

Thank you for posting an easy to understand tutorial.

Incredibly knowledgeable and we'll-spoken teacher. Nice tutorials comfortableness with the subject makes starting soft real exciting!!

Thank you so much, this was very useful :)

Excellent, clear directions, Matt! Will look at more. Thanks - Bruce

@MattBorchert

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Bruce :)

this tutorial just saved my life. thank you!!!

Wow. Compared to other videos this is soooo much more efficient and effective. Thanks!

@MattBorchert

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Thank you! I was really good tutorial!!

That's just brilliant, thank you!

This was super helpful, thanks so much for sharing

Thank You, this was very helpful. I have an older version of ILLUSTRATOR CS3, are there any major differences between my version and later versions of ILLUSTRATOR?

THANK YOU! THIS IS AMAZING!!

Whaaat can't believe I didn't know this! Thanks for the great tutorial.

Thank you very much its really helpful! 😇

Thanks for the tut!

Thank you! Very, very easy and useful! :)

Thanks exactly what I needed.

sweet tut, thanks bro!

This is super easy and I don't know how I've never known it before! Thanks.

@MattBorchert

9 жыл бұрын

Pink Glasses Productions No problem! =D Appreciate the comment.

This was very helpful, thanks!

I was using the blend tool until I see this. Thank you.

New time saver UNLOCKED!! thanks Matt

thanks a lot.. it really helps!

Helps A LOT! Thanks

Thank you ! Very helpful.

Thanks bud! great video and instructions.

Good stuff, as usual.

THANK YOU FOR THIS!!

Fantastic tip - thank you.

This was life changing!!! You just saved me so many hours

@MattBorchert

4 жыл бұрын

Glad to help!

I never even knew this appearance window existed and now I use it so much. Thank you

@MattBorchert

2 жыл бұрын

Nice :)

thank you for this! Great interaction.. only thing is that your video screen for me wasn't clear - ie. a bit pixelated - but i know what the appearance window looks like, so was able to follow along.

Thanks man, couldn't figure it out myself

2021 and this works well. Thanks for posting!

Very helpful tutorial! Thank you. I thought maybe this method would place several copies of the "shadow" that would be visible in outline mode, but it does not. It's a great technique!

@MattBorchert

9 жыл бұрын

+Linda Bigbee Yeah I don't like stacking a lot of actual layers as the end result can be pretty messy (and difficult to modify afterwords). Thanks for the awesome feedback!

Finally , I found it . Thanks a lot

Thank you, Matt!

Awesome tutorial, thank you!!!

amazing! thank you so much!

Wow! Perfect, thank you!

Thanks for this. Cool video

So easy! Thanks!

Awesome!

Thank you, it is super useful! And just wonder is it possible to save this style, and use it again when we need it by just one click?

@MattBorchert

9 жыл бұрын

carolboat Yep, watch this: kzread.info/dash/bejne/dJWX1rlpnZqnndo.html

too good to be true indeed! good tutorial!

Thankyouuu! Help me a lottttt!

Exactly what I needed ty

dude, you just saved me. thank you so much!

Excellent - thanks!

Great tutorial man. I've learned TONS watching the vids on your channel. Question: If I add a stroke between the two fills which is the same color as the background(white in this case) and I want to lay the entire object over video and have the stroke be transparent so the 3D drop shadow appears slightly detached from the top fill, what is the best way to go about that. I've been messing around with expanding the object and the pathfinder but can't seem to nail it down. Is this as complicated as it seems? thanks again man for the clear, concise and really easy to follow tutorials.

@MattBorchert

9 жыл бұрын

gcinthevalley Awesome to hear! ...well, not the problems part =D Easiest way - drop it into photoshop, make the stroke a color that's very easy to select with the magic wand or color select, and then delete it. Otherwise I would do what you were talking about by expanding all the strokes and fills. After doing that I would grab just the stroke that you want to remove from the object and copy and paste in place (ctrl+f or command+f) it onto a new layer. I would then lock that layer so you don't accidentally select it for the next step. Once the stroke is on it's own locked layer, I would select everything left over and hit the "merge" option from pathfinder. Then I would unlock the stroke layer select everything and use the minus front option from the pathfinder. If that seems to fail completely, start back over with the merge everything step but this time keep the stroke on its own locked layer, but also paste the same stroke back over your object before using the merge option. This will make sure the object is complete so when you minus front it doesn't freak out. Sort of complicated....but it isn't as bad as it sounds in writing once you do if a couple times.

@gcinthevalley

9 жыл бұрын

Matt Borchert That worked! Before your explanation, I had just about concluded that it would be easier to do what you had suggested...bring it into PS, create the simplified version with transparency and then, if necessary, run an auto-trace over it to vectorize it. I'd always prefer to keep the process purely vector so I really appreciate your explanation. I'm stoked to have found your channel man.

Hi from Australia, great tutorial Matt. That's a block shade not a drop shade btw and traditionally they are always placed on the left side of text unless its a script font if you try it I think you'll agree it just looks better balanced. As an old signwriter I find it amazing how clunky Illustrator is with it's text function and effects just have a look at how easy it is using FlexiSign or SignLab for that matter, maybe one day Adobe will wake up to this and make our lives so much easier.

@MattBorchert

8 жыл бұрын

+John Crash Thanks, and thanks for sharing your knowledge as well!

Great video. Like your style. Thanks for the help.

@MattBorchert

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you for the video !

thank you, very helpful

I appreciate you! Thank you!

This is perfect!!!!!

Thank you so much dude

another tip to knowledge.... thanks alots

May i know what is the font type you used? Its simply amazing

Thanks for this tutorial

So what is you want the extruded "shadow" in a different perspective - say lower left or upper left?

brilliant! thank you

The 3d Extrude and Bevel effect within the Effects pull down menu is a pretty quick method as well. You just apply that effect with whatever desired angle of 3d you want it to have and then expand appearance (under the object menu) and voila you have your 3d type as well. Both methods required me to go back with the direct selection tool to get the desired colors etc. that I wanted.

@johnstanowski9489

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, but your original text or shape needs to be at an angle or you won't see the extrusion. I would love for the 3D tool to be able to apply the extrusion without having to move or rotate the original shape.

Thank you Matt!

thank you for tutorial!

Thank you very much for this trick

This rules, have been doing this in a way goofier way for way too long, haha thanks dude!!!

This tutorial doesn't appear to work in the newest AI. Can you help? When I simply select the text it doesn't show the fill color in the appearance window. I have to actually highlight the words to get the fill box to appear. BUT then I am not allowed to add a second fill. (it's grayed out) Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

@Killjoy0329

6 жыл бұрын

make the type into an outline using shift + Command + O (for Mac)

Thanks man!

this is so helpful! and so quick

@MattBorchert

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful Amy :)

Can you make it do it several times to have a movement effect? PS Love this

My effects menu doesn’t have the transform/ distort option 😭

GREAT STUFF!!