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How about some Aussie logos? They don't need the text or the grey background.

One for the Aussies And one for the Americans

Something I've always wondered about, but never actually had to do. Until now. I'm trying to re-create this: The idea is it's a TV set. What I am trying to do is re-create the outline around the screen which looks to have a white/grey to black gradient. Any ideas on how to do this in Illustrator? Would you just trace the shape, or is there a better trick? And how to make it so it looks like it fades?

http://www.bomberblitz.com/~rmered/Basketball.ai

I don't know where to reply, here or BF. This seems fitting. Just too many to comment on. Excellent stuff, love most of them. Each has a Discrim touch that is always unique.

Multiply. 65% opacity. Do you think this looks like Polyester or Wool?

Wasn't doing Darken. I guess reading the instructions and following them was what you expecting, well, I saw your little plan and avoided it. Have now Darken-ed and it works. Just need to find a better piece of material to take the shape out of

Thank you, it's nice to be back. And this thing is driving me mental. So I did have a background layer, but I deleted it and still have the same problem.

looks amazing. But I can't seem to make the Photoshop template transparent. Am I missing a step?

Where did the Photoshop Help thread go? I am trying to find a way of creating a layer over the top of a footy jumper to make it look realistic. One for wool jerseys: One for polyester Any ideas? Am guessing it's going to end up being desgined in Illustrator (which these were) then have a layer added to it in Photoshop. But how to create that Layer.

Does anyone know of a tutorial to turn these into a template? Or better still, could just step me through it here, where I can ask questions. File is here if you want to play with it: http://www.bomberblitz.com/~rmered/2011-Template.ai

Least worst solution I've come up with so far is to make the original letters a Compound Path, then do the Offsetting. This way I only have to change one Compound Path, instead of all the letters that make it up. Still think CS2 handles it better though.

well that's where I am at now. How do I not have to continually delete stuff I never wanted in the first place? Surely there must be some sort of setting that lets you only select the new Offset Path and not both Paths.

You want your letters to be one group, and the outline to be another. The easiest way to do this is to take your text (shape or object), copy it, and lock the layer it's on (layer 1). Create a new layer BEHIND the text (so layer 2 is under layer 1) and paste on that layer in front or paste in back (Apple F or Apple . It won't matter which command you do because the new layer is under/behind the original layer. You should now have two layers with the same text in the exact same place. Offset the bottom layer and leave the top layer locked. But then, won't I get two sets of letters for every time I outline something? EG. I Copy Detroit onto Layer 2. Then I outline it, Now I have two Ds, two Es, two Ts, and so on. on Layer 2. Maybe I colour them all White. Now I have Black text on Layer 1, and White text on Layer 2. This is OK, even though I don't like having 2 of evrything. However, I now want to make Layer 3, which is Red. So I create another Layer, copy the White into it, then outline it. Then I change the colour to Red. In Layer 3 I have four Ds, four Es, four Ts you see where I am going with this. In CS2 I just Offset Path and it highlighted the new path created. Which I could then Group and move to another Layer or simply re-colour.

The text is not in a group. And it still occurs. Jimmy, what I am doing is outling a bunch of letters, not sure how you mean paste them in place when it selects not only the outline but also the paths I am offsetting. See how it automatically selects both what I have just created and what I was Offsetting? I don't want that.