I gave up trying to do this manually and this is the PERFECT video for explaining how to do this. I’m so excited to play around with the tools and tricks you touched on
I can't believe I didn't realize you could use multiple fills, what a great tip! Thanks for explaining things clearly and at a speed people can follow! (I mainly use Photoshop, so some of the more basic things with Illustrator can trip me up since it can differ a lot from PS)
Hiya! Yep, multiple fills are awesome. Here's another video you might like that shows both multiple fills and strokes: czcams.com/video/JY9eCcvoBdw/video.html Illustrator is a bit more 'mathematical' than Photoshop so it has a lot of little 'secrets' which, when you learn them, can make it so much easier and exciting to use. Best of luck with your Illustrator learning.
Good question. Click on the text object to select it and in the Appearance Panel locate the Opacity setting that controls the entire text object (not just one color), it is the Opacity option at the bottom of the panel. Click it and then choose Isolate Blending. That will isolate the blending effects (the Multiply Blend mode) so it works on the characters only and so the blending effect doesn't extend to blend the characters with the color underneath. Hope this helps?
Am I right in assuming you are seeing the offset colors: yellow, magenta and cyan. And you are seeing red and green and blue? Now, you will only see black in areas where all three pieces of text are - so if all three don't overlap then you won't see any black. Also - some screens are so poorly calibrated that black and navy will show the same color (almost) so it could be a lack of contrast in your screen calibration that is causing this. Look at the dark blue areas and make sure they aren't really, in some places, black.
Great question Ash. I just checked it out and I can't see a way of doing that and keeping it as a live text effect unfortunately. If I do find one I'll let you know. Cheers, Helen
I was looking for over an hour for this kind of effect, thank you so much!!! Awesome tutorial!!!
You're welcome Jacques, I'm glad I could help out. Thanks for visiting my channel.
Exactly what I needed, thank you for the quick and concise instructions!
Great news, I'm glad you liked the video.
I gave up trying to do this manually and this is the PERFECT video for explaining how to do this. I’m so excited to play around with the tools and tricks you touched on
Thank you - have fun!
Thank you for a clear and concise way to get this done! x
You are so welcome!
perfect video from beginning to end, thank you!
Thank you for those kind words!
In fact, an effect I really always loved a lot. ;) Thank you!
You're welcome, thanks for stopping by my channel.
Thank you, Helen, for always given such fun videos!!!
You're welcome, thanks for stopping by my channel.
I can't believe I didn't realize you could use multiple fills, what a great tip! Thanks for explaining things clearly and at a speed people can follow! (I mainly use Photoshop, so some of the more basic things with Illustrator can trip me up since it can differ a lot from PS)
Hiya! Yep, multiple fills are awesome. Here's another video you might like that shows both multiple fills and strokes: czcams.com/video/JY9eCcvoBdw/video.html
Illustrator is a bit more 'mathematical' than Photoshop so it has a lot of little 'secrets' which, when you learn them, can make it so much easier and exciting to use. Best of luck with your Illustrator learning.
thank you for this! life saver
Glad it helped you Val.
Thank You !! Very Nice....
You're welcome, Thanks for visiting my channel.
Thank you for this tuto !!
Glad it was helpful!
amazing thank you
I am so glad you liked this effect Ric Flo! Thanks for taking the time to let me know.
Hey...thanks for this effect welk this works good...but once it is applied on a black surface gree becomes white..what to do to maintain the same?
Good question. Click on the text object to select it and in the Appearance Panel locate the Opacity setting that controls the entire text object (not just one color), it is the Opacity option at the bottom of the panel. Click it and then choose Isolate Blending. That will isolate the blending effects (the Multiply Blend mode) so it works on the characters only and so the blending effect doesn't extend to blend the characters with the color underneath.
Hope this helps?
Amazing video and explanation. Is it possible to create CMYK in a photo? Thanks Helen
In Photoshop it can be done. It’s typically described as a glitch effect.
I followed these exact steps, but black is not showing up... am I missing something?
Am I right in assuming you are seeing the offset colors: yellow, magenta and cyan. And you are seeing red and green and blue? Now, you will only see black in areas where all three pieces of text are - so if all three don't overlap then you won't see any black. Also - some screens are so poorly calibrated that black and navy will show the same color (almost) so it could be a lack of contrast in your screen calibration that is causing this. Look at the dark blue areas and make sure they aren't really, in some places, black.
do you know how to do this on the iOS app phonto? like what opacity (from .01->1.0) to set each layer to?
Sophie, I suggest you try 0.5 and see how that goes.
didn't work:(
Helen Bradley do you mean set each layer to .5? which color goes on top? is it (255,0,0) (0,255,0) and (0,0,255)? sorry for so many question
Amazing Helen! Great video. Is it possible to have the same effect but with the combined layers equaling white instead of black? THANKS :)
Great question Ash. I just checked it out and I can't see a way of doing that and keeping it as a live text effect unfortunately. If I do find one I'll let you know. Cheers, Helen
@@HelenBradley I think, i will just manually draw the white over top. Off to figure out how to do that now.
Can you do that in InDesign
I am not sure. You can probably copy and paste your Illustrator file into InDesign if that helps?