Create a 3D Lettered Sign in Lights
Sunday, October 4th, 2009 running time 24:51
We take another look at signs in Bert Monroy's Times Square piece. Learn how to make 3 dimensional letters in lights!
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See the final product of 3D letters and lights!
Take a look at some existing 3 dimensional letter signs in Bert's Times Square episode. The basic skills needed for this lesson were covered in episode 145, so download the episode if you haven't already watched it! This week, we focus on a half an inch high sign with a lot of detail.
Create a letter box using 3D type in Adobe Illustrator
Launch Adobe Illustrator and type a word with a thick font. In this example, Bert uses "R3" using Helvetica Neue Bold. Convert your type to outlines (Type > Create Outlines) so you can manipulate the letter shapes. Use 3D effects (Effect > 3D > Extrude & Bevel) to make your letters 3 dimensional (turn on Preview to see what is changing). Use Object > Expand Appearance to outline the shapes. Copy and paste these objects as paths into Photoshop. You can transform the path to enlarge your letters.
Add color to letter containers in Adobe Photoshop
After transforming the letter paths to your desired shape, you can add color to the letters. Select the front of the R and the 3, and add some color to the path in a new layer by filling the stroke. Add color as desired to the extruded parts of the letter in a new layer behind your previous layer. Repeat this step for the bottoms of the letters, and use color gradients and manual shadowing for some dimension along the edges.
Create the letter box's backing using a clipped path
To create the backing of the box, create a new layer that is a copy of Layer 1 with a yellowish color. Clip the layer and move it's positioning so that the new layer looks like the bottom of a container. Then, create a lightbulb pattern and fill a new layer with lightbulbs. Scale down the layers to make smaller bulbs and then clip to the layer that represents the bottom of the container. Distort the bulb layer as necessary, and mask out some of the bulbs completely as you see fit so that the lights fit the enclosure.
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Highlights
hershey's: 3:03, 21:53berkeley: 24:02
doorway: 16:42
glue: 21:38
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" This episode of pixel perfect is brought to you by Netflix and godaddy.com. Where. Welcome to pick the perfect would be Bert on right to show all kinds of things happen on today's show we're gonna look at something very similar to last week and a create a three dimensional shape and put some life inside. But with a little difference. First visited his background today -- I was sent to us Baghdad house -- look at this thing. Oh my disease -- rating with the idea -- there isn't -- great that. Beautiful stuff I -- before we start at -- sponsors. Godaddy.com makes it easy customize your virtual dedicated server. Choose one of three popular plans or select your own Linux or windows server with all the plan options you need. President of the coat pencil for when you check out to save an additional 15% -- any order of 75 dollars or more. Also be sure to check out their revision3.com. Forward slash godaddy for all the pixel perfect godaddy deals and codes and the whole bunch of long there. But you know some restrictions apply. The -- site for details get your piece of the Internet at godaddy.com. Also I think Netflix for sponsoring pixel perfect. And would then the Netflix you can rent over 90000. Titles online. Including lots of Blu-ray titles with free shipping both ways to go home 90000 to stay home for the rest of your life and just watch movies. Netflix plans start from as little as four dollars and 99 cents. And as a new member you can get a no risk two week free trial membership check it out at www. Netflix.com. Forward slash pixel perfect. And yes you do have to type in net WWW. We used his -- Not athlete who created this nice little straight arrow with little neon side -- that the little different. Could do more complex that -- he -- right here in Indonesia and I would create new perhaps you didn't see it. -- downloaded you get refreshed. But today's going to be a little more complex. Now give an idea of where I use this exact same. Technique you saw last week the little tiny McDonald's thing what his day job. An actual composite of the actual -- here it is. And there's via Iron Man number Iron Man from many episodes ago he's lived here and down here."
" And is carried out his Hershey's but there's going to hit on a defense. Analysts called -- to see that. Here's his -- her -- area right down here. They have all these different things happening in this. Think -- three dimensional letters and these -- three dimensional that is of well he's also gonna tackle right here. That all the -- of aside these three dimensional letters -- would you look at this whole thing -- all kinds stuff going on. Is the Iron Man right there. And is building -- back and all kinds of things. Now keep in mind that this whole thing measures five feet high by 25 feet wide so we look at the ruler on this. Down -- we see again that here is an inch right there. So the actual -- gonna -- talk about which is like this that's right here is just."
" About half an inch high. It's very tiny however. And a half fish that's big enough so that when this gets printed on amateur is gonna be for tonight it's gonna be very clear all the details don't show through so. For those people would be looking at that pictures as close that the few that detail so everything gets put in I always look larger and then turned it down later. It managed care is that by working I dabbled in his room to get as much detail as I wanna put them all electrical intricate little parts that I need. And then when it shrinks down do you arrestor rise to the resolution that I bring him down to. But something like a little film and -- light bulb it's very hard to commit was good -- so by creating at large and -- down. -- and you'll see there you -- that implement. Without actually having to go in there and created by three pixels are created that nice -- bunch of those swirls. There -- of the three proposals but those three pixels will have the appearance. Although that film. Which is what we're gonna be doing here. So. I got AF file here -- which is where we create our effect but. This particular box that the light bulbs are going to be and is a little more complex than just now. As you saw that it was letters so what it would do is encrypt my box out of the letters. So to do that I'm gonna go into illustrator. I don't know straighter. Is gonna create the actual shape of the letters. Now why illustrator because again there are certain features in illustrator that Photoshop doesn't have -- has a lot of really nice to be V functions. But the ability to go in there and exclude type doesn't quite exist there yet. To say yet that but -- right. -- coming everything's -- everything gets better as time goes by. Well my -- today I'm going to X food letters to give me that. Depth the shape that I need. The -- last week -- created that that right in Photoshop with another set of paths but here since the path -- so complex and let illustrated do it. So I don't have that -- been right here. -- three."
" For good -- Revision 3 right that's gonna be out -- shape. That's that's an -- I have five that's a little fatter. Go here and let's see if we have -- all of medica knew me and we have a bold -- because my fat fun -- Nice and fast there it is gonna go ahead and raster rise this type so that the and I'm just very quickly switch here to -- than does that make menus still says. Photoshop. So important that -- area now and illustrator and I found that happens a lot is little bug when you switch between two programs you don't illustrator from Photoshop. The menus to assess Photoshop C -- can access them so I do is just temporarily switch to finder and and go back and illustrator. And fixes that bug happens a lot effect patent premature that. But anyway I don't -- end up raster rise Mike -- Then create outlines. That's gonna -- and that actually restaurant who is doing is it's creating this shapes it into actual practice that I can manipulate now. I'm gonna go up into my 3-D effects which I use a few episodes ago. And I'm using X two would about related to -- to create the does Eminem is what it's true that battle is when I'm gonna use here. Extra is gonna take those letters and stretch him out so. Here we operate them and -- preview. They have my letters which I want to really see them more like this where I'm down the street looking up -- these things that they are here's my shapes. And I can click okay and up. There's my shapes. Now it doesn't look like really what they're supposed to be. That's because we're seeing the outline in front and the appearance of the preview back as is that it's all black you don't really see any. Shape willing to do them I'm gonna say expand the appearance. Expanding appearance is going to actually break it up so they actually have the shapes. For the death. And everything there. This is what I'm going to copy. And go up there and say copy. -- copying all those factors. And go back over to Photoshop. Where I'm gonna go and paste. And as paths. Have been meant as paths click okay and then going to appear right there. So I want them to be a little bigger. No problem the path is on so when I come over here and say yeah. Transformed innocence -- path. Because a path is currently active so it knows they're just gonna go here and expand this thing they can hasn't whole like that. Accident there's this basic shape synod -- that I need so I can go in here -- selecting front of the art."
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" We're going to get those nice little color so we'll get a nice grade and I go ahead and I think that created group -- Korea had they're okay -- so in that layer I'm gonna say go ahead and fill that stroke. Would agree that there that say about path that we have it so we've created the fronts of the letters and I got this side here this side. And the so that this side. And this side and this side. That side. And it's that this one. And this one. Affect these guys -- in between there as well a cancer got all these particular asides made in there and what matters is did these guys as well. We have having side picked up. Okay fit for the bottom and pick those up. Who get those later in a layer behind. This behind it currently. Selected path. I'm gonna go here and create a -- back here. And to fill those with a darker tone -- darker -- Of those -- receded. Things start to take shape right there they are now this guy right here which is the bottom. And this guy. That one. And that's good I would go in there and in May have a layer on top of that one. I get kind of British home -- picking up those street lights and aren't you tell -- idea what red like that. No there it -- go ahead of bill that passed. But those colors and access to selected them -- and again. And go ahead and fill those is the bottoms of -- letters has got right here. This facing straight on so let's just get a nice. Kind of we've got that color there that's a good color. Let's go back here to the background color -- of his dark gray it would be using for its size and -- that path into a selection. As is that Apple is selected. All the pass it on but only got have to select the would have made the patent this election it took only that path and -- of what happened right in there. In a new layer. That little edge at their little create another layer with a little gradient in there just like this those in your gradient. It to go -- That that is picking up that color from the street out there and so for apparently have a basic shape. So now we're gonna start adding some more dimension to these edges in here. So. This is the -- it has. The inside part I got that nice golden color so I'm doing I'm going to lock the transparency with a nice big brush. A soft edge brush as say this guy right here it's gonna kind of both coming out tone. Right down there the bottom here and other bit map in there right there and some right in there. Because it's picking up that. Color from the street and right up there. Now I'm gonna go in there with my burn tool and I'm gonna make a little larger and the kind of darken some goes interior parts of the letters. Right and there. And right in there -- of the parts and maybe appeared. Because all the parts that are out of view and then right inside the back part of the three yet because it's being hidden by this. It's part of DR -- and maybe a little bit of darkness breakthrough here that in there and the darkness federal in this edge like that and how would I get this dimension malady going here now we've gotta make them. Hollows that we put a light bulb inside. There is our original up there. But I'm going to duplicate it. Is he Arthur is gonna be duplicated."
" There -- might duplicate the duplicate I'm gonna go on got a nice light color. As the great that is now so that's going -- tell you what we'll make kind of like a golden kind of color like that. That's good and then -- the trespassing go ahead of bill that -- Now I going to create a -- group with the original -- three below. I guess this is now only seem to get the pixels but bottom want and move it over. Move it down so that it matches that side I did see -- now getting the inside. Of the letters that these little parts here are objectionable. -- we have to go in there and play with it so gonna do without -- coming close. And I've got this guy here I'm going to. So let them and I'm going to select this corner right here right through here. That part right there and I'm going to unlock my transparency and the -- Now I deleted it because I know exactly I want this what you might wanna do instead would be to create a mask because in case you -- should stay inside later. The mask will not let anything get destroyed but I I know exactly where my -- is perfect doing it is so I'm just gonna go ahead and eliminate the parts of objectionable. So right here same thing and when -- make a nice selection right through here."
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" By giving them a little later style. They're going here I'll give them an -- glow. -- little out of glow which we can make any color and size reliable mechanism brightly that and that maybe even a little tiny drop shadow because there's -- shadow under there. These type of causing a little tiny shadow inside. Which we can bring a little closer to them through a process and it just a little off there saved back threes that just behind here that on the pivotal part of -- Of these -- click okay and you see the shadow of death because those particular bulbs are still visible those going in high dose. Yeah they are. Of the above that is still on the outside part and everything and now we have all these nice little light bulbs inside of our three dimensional letters all we've got the rim. The rim. And communities that the rim for the letter because and added really paper thin. So remembers -- like acid gonna go into the latest out for the art themselves and -- most stroke. So don't put best opened inside. And it would change the color to a nice the street like kind of a color so this pick up -- like Apple color me there and has been down to about. -- about like that. Do people up there you go click okay and there's all around nice the lights inside of hollow matters. Says first senator -- last week with the exception of the fact that. Here the objects were little more complex instead of many times we were using light bulbs -- through somebody like above instead of to glue -- those data we created a pattern. In Photoshop which we then -- that area with patterns. So that allows you to then go in here and as you can see here we have all these little like both inside there the same thing here. But this Hershey's. Again there's just -- me up shapes that have been get out who have. -- Magnifying glass. And it's getting close are we see that the letters at the little thing like both inside Astaro -- look pixelated but look at the end. -- a really tiny little area. They receive letters how letters there and hollow that is up here which created to sign. And when my time is up for an Iron Man peeking out from behind and married an entrance. And actually right here it is not a -- those -- diamonds decide which I did really early show like I don't know five million years ago. Organize them from that."
" There was a lot of steps in there and hopefully you'll pick your -- that. The new variation here and there different letters whatever it is the from lightbulbs or something else going on there. It's the stuff that count. How I got there now what pieces if you use and what color is and what there's thousands gonna make the effect that you're looking for work. So it's the steps but the end result. That's something you'd like to see on the show email me -- Bert and revision3.com. And -- to check out the form that revision3.com forward slash forms we can join discussions about the show and maybe -- it was a future show. Thanks again that there has guys -- for. Would delay there -- many figured out of stock lunch but anyway but an incredible background. You -- sub system does green screen I'm fan. -- you want to Oregon this -- the whole world could see you and your name in lights down here. Send your designs to -- at revision3.com. And your background has to be 1280 by 720 pixels. 1280 by seven doing nothing else -- else you gonna be border -- and cropping and you don't want that you want anybody see the entire piece of art so senator both sides and make it -- JPEG file. Hoping I saw from all this is you wanna know I'm coming going to be a town near you know. I president Berkeley are recognizes that is both stabler. In a city near you just go to my website or -- com you can see all about it where am going to be and hopefully as its Yorktown and again -- can. Talk about your backgrounds. Hope to see and actually it's."
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" This episode of pixel perfect is brought to you by Netflix and godaddy.com. Where. Welcome to pick the perfect would be Bert on right to show all kinds of things happen on today's show we're gonna look at something very similar to last week and a create a three dimensional shape and put some life inside. But with a little difference. First visited his background today -- I was sent to us Baghdad house -- look at this thing. Oh my disease -- rating with the idea -- there isn't -- great that. Beautiful stuff I -- before we start at -- sponsors. Godaddy.com makes it easy customize your virtual dedicated server. Choose one of three popular plans or select your own Linux or windows server with all the plan options you need. President of the coat pencil for when you check out to save an additional 15% -- any order of 75 dollars or more. Also be sure to check out their revision3.com. Forward slash godaddy for all the pixel perfect godaddy deals and codes and the whole bunch of long there. But you know some restrictions apply. The -- site for details get your piece of the Internet at godaddy.com. Also I think Netflix for sponsoring pixel perfect. And would then the Netflix you can rent over 90000. Titles online. Including lots of Blu-ray titles with free shipping both ways to go home 90000 to stay home for the rest of your life and just watch movies. Netflix plans start from as little as four dollars and 99 cents. And as a new member you can get a no risk two week free trial membership check it out at www. Netflix.com. Forward slash pixel perfect. And yes you do have to type in net WWW. We used his -- Not athlete who created this nice little straight arrow with little neon side -- that the little different. Could do more complex that -- he -- right here in Indonesia and I would create new perhaps you didn't see it. -- downloaded you get refreshed. But today's going to be a little more complex. Now give an idea of where I use this exact same. Technique you saw last week the little tiny McDonald's thing what his day job. An actual composite of the actual -- here it is. And there's via Iron Man number Iron Man from many episodes ago he's lived here and down here."
" And is carried out his Hershey's but there's going to hit on a defense. Analysts called -- to see that. Here's his -- her -- area right down here. They have all these different things happening in this. Think -- three dimensional letters and these -- three dimensional that is of well he's also gonna tackle right here. That all the -- of aside these three dimensional letters -- would you look at this whole thing -- all kinds stuff going on. Is the Iron Man right there. And is building -- back and all kinds of things. Now keep in mind that this whole thing measures five feet high by 25 feet wide so we look at the ruler on this. Down -- we see again that here is an inch right there. So the actual -- gonna -- talk about which is like this that's right here is just."
" About half an inch high. It's very tiny however. And a half fish that's big enough so that when this gets printed on amateur is gonna be for tonight it's gonna be very clear all the details don't show through so. For those people would be looking at that pictures as close that the few that detail so everything gets put in I always look larger and then turned it down later. It managed care is that by working I dabbled in his room to get as much detail as I wanna put them all electrical intricate little parts that I need. And then when it shrinks down do you arrestor rise to the resolution that I bring him down to. But something like a little film and -- light bulb it's very hard to commit was good -- so by creating at large and -- down. -- and you'll see there you -- that implement. Without actually having to go in there and created by three pixels are created that nice -- bunch of those swirls. There -- of the three proposals but those three pixels will have the appearance. Although that film. Which is what we're gonna be doing here. So. I got AF file here -- which is where we create our effect but. This particular box that the light bulbs are going to be and is a little more complex than just now. As you saw that it was letters so what it would do is encrypt my box out of the letters. So to do that I'm gonna go into illustrator. I don't know straighter. Is gonna create the actual shape of the letters. Now why illustrator because again there are certain features in illustrator that Photoshop doesn't have -- has a lot of really nice to be V functions. But the ability to go in there and exclude type doesn't quite exist there yet. To say yet that but -- right. -- coming everything's -- everything gets better as time goes by. Well my -- today I'm going to X food letters to give me that. Depth the shape that I need. The -- last week -- created that that right in Photoshop with another set of paths but here since the path -- so complex and let illustrated do it. So I don't have that -- been right here. -- three."
" For good -- Revision 3 right that's gonna be out -- shape. That's that's an -- I have five that's a little fatter. Go here and let's see if we have -- all of medica knew me and we have a bold -- because my fat fun -- Nice and fast there it is gonna go ahead and raster rise this type so that the and I'm just very quickly switch here to -- than does that make menus still says. Photoshop. So important that -- area now and illustrator and I found that happens a lot is little bug when you switch between two programs you don't illustrator from Photoshop. The menus to assess Photoshop C -- can access them so I do is just temporarily switch to finder and and go back and illustrator. And fixes that bug happens a lot effect patent premature that. But anyway I don't -- end up raster rise Mike -- Then create outlines. That's gonna -- and that actually restaurant who is doing is it's creating this shapes it into actual practice that I can manipulate now. I'm gonna go up into my 3-D effects which I use a few episodes ago. And I'm using X two would about related to -- to create the does Eminem is what it's true that battle is when I'm gonna use here. Extra is gonna take those letters and stretch him out so. Here we operate them and -- preview. They have my letters which I want to really see them more like this where I'm down the street looking up -- these things that they are here's my shapes. And I can click okay and up. There's my shapes. Now it doesn't look like really what they're supposed to be. That's because we're seeing the outline in front and the appearance of the preview back as is that it's all black you don't really see any. Shape willing to do them I'm gonna say expand the appearance. Expanding appearance is going to actually break it up so they actually have the shapes. For the death. And everything there. This is what I'm going to copy. And go up there and say copy. -- copying all those factors. And go back over to Photoshop. Where I'm gonna go and paste. And as paths. Have been meant as paths click okay and then going to appear right there. So I want them to be a little bigger. No problem the path is on so when I come over here and say yeah. Transformed innocence -- path. Because a path is currently active so it knows they're just gonna go here and expand this thing they can hasn't whole like that. Accident there's this basic shape synod -- that I need so I can go in here -- selecting front of the art."
" An affront to the three. And maybe later decided to put -- front of the arrow last week."
" We're going to get those nice little color so we'll get a nice grade and I go ahead and I think that created group -- Korea had they're okay -- so in that layer I'm gonna say go ahead and fill that stroke. Would agree that there that say about path that we have it so we've created the fronts of the letters and I got this side here this side. And the so that this side. And this side and this side. That side. And it's that this one. And this one. Affect these guys -- in between there as well a cancer got all these particular asides made in there and what matters is did these guys as well. We have having side picked up. Okay fit for the bottom and pick those up. Who get those later in a layer behind. This behind it currently. Selected path. I'm gonna go here and create a -- back here. And to fill those with a darker tone -- darker -- Of those -- receded. Things start to take shape right there they are now this guy right here which is the bottom. And this guy. That one. And that's good I would go in there and in May have a layer on top of that one. I get kind of British home -- picking up those street lights and aren't you tell -- idea what red like that. No there it -- go ahead of bill that passed. But those colors and access to selected them -- and again. And go ahead and fill those is the bottoms of -- letters has got right here. This facing straight on so let's just get a nice. Kind of we've got that color there that's a good color. Let's go back here to the background color -- of his dark gray it would be using for its size and -- that path into a selection. As is that Apple is selected. All the pass it on but only got have to select the would have made the patent this election it took only that path and -- of what happened right in there. In a new layer. That little edge at their little create another layer with a little gradient in there just like this those in your gradient. It to go -- That that is picking up that color from the street out there and so for apparently have a basic shape. So now we're gonna start adding some more dimension to these edges in here. So. This is the -- it has. The inside part I got that nice golden color so I'm doing I'm going to lock the transparency with a nice big brush. A soft edge brush as say this guy right here it's gonna kind of both coming out tone. Right down there the bottom here and other bit map in there right there and some right in there. Because it's picking up that. Color from the street and right up there. Now I'm gonna go in there with my burn tool and I'm gonna make a little larger and the kind of darken some goes interior parts of the letters. Right and there. And right in there -- of the parts and maybe appeared. Because all the parts that are out of view and then right inside the back part of the three yet because it's being hidden by this. It's part of DR -- and maybe a little bit of darkness breakthrough here that in there and the darkness federal in this edge like that and how would I get this dimension malady going here now we've gotta make them. Hollows that we put a light bulb inside. There is our original up there. But I'm going to duplicate it. Is he Arthur is gonna be duplicated."
" There -- might duplicate the duplicate I'm gonna go on got a nice light color. As the great that is now so that's going -- tell you what we'll make kind of like a golden kind of color like that. That's good and then -- the trespassing go ahead of bill that -- Now I going to create a -- group with the original -- three below. I guess this is now only seem to get the pixels but bottom want and move it over. Move it down so that it matches that side I did see -- now getting the inside. Of the letters that these little parts here are objectionable. -- we have to go in there and play with it so gonna do without -- coming close. And I've got this guy here I'm going to. So let them and I'm going to select this corner right here right through here. That part right there and I'm going to unlock my transparency and the -- Now I deleted it because I know exactly I want this what you might wanna do instead would be to create a mask because in case you -- should stay inside later. The mask will not let anything get destroyed but I I know exactly where my -- is perfect doing it is so I'm just gonna go ahead and eliminate the parts of objectionable. So right here same thing and when -- make a nice selection right through here."
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" Got that one step further."
" By giving them a little later style. They're going here I'll give them an -- glow. -- little out of glow which we can make any color and size reliable mechanism brightly that and that maybe even a little tiny drop shadow because there's -- shadow under there. These type of causing a little tiny shadow inside. Which we can bring a little closer to them through a process and it just a little off there saved back threes that just behind here that on the pivotal part of -- Of these -- click okay and you see the shadow of death because those particular bulbs are still visible those going in high dose. Yeah they are. Of the above that is still on the outside part and everything and now we have all these nice little light bulbs inside of our three dimensional letters all we've got the rim. The rim. And communities that the rim for the letter because and added really paper thin. So remembers -- like acid gonna go into the latest out for the art themselves and -- most stroke. So don't put best opened inside. And it would change the color to a nice the street like kind of a color so this pick up -- like Apple color me there and has been down to about. -- about like that. Do people up there you go click okay and there's all around nice the lights inside of hollow matters. Says first senator -- last week with the exception of the fact that. Here the objects were little more complex instead of many times we were using light bulbs -- through somebody like above instead of to glue -- those data we created a pattern. In Photoshop which we then -- that area with patterns. So that allows you to then go in here and as you can see here we have all these little like both inside there the same thing here. But this Hershey's. Again there's just -- me up shapes that have been get out who have. -- Magnifying glass. And it's getting close are we see that the letters at the little thing like both inside Astaro -- look pixelated but look at the end. -- a really tiny little area. They receive letters how letters there and hollow that is up here which created to sign. And when my time is up for an Iron Man peeking out from behind and married an entrance. And actually right here it is not a -- those -- diamonds decide which I did really early show like I don't know five million years ago. Organize them from that."
" There was a lot of steps in there and hopefully you'll pick your -- that. The new variation here and there different letters whatever it is the from lightbulbs or something else going on there. It's the stuff that count. How I got there now what pieces if you use and what color is and what there's thousands gonna make the effect that you're looking for work. So it's the steps but the end result. That's something you'd like to see on the show email me -- Bert and revision3.com. And -- to check out the form that revision3.com forward slash forms we can join discussions about the show and maybe -- it was a future show. Thanks again that there has guys -- for. Would delay there -- many figured out of stock lunch but anyway but an incredible background. You -- sub system does green screen I'm fan. -- you want to Oregon this -- the whole world could see you and your name in lights down here. Send your designs to -- at revision3.com. And your background has to be 1280 by 720 pixels. 1280 by seven doing nothing else -- else you gonna be border -- and cropping and you don't want that you want anybody see the entire piece of art so senator both sides and make it -- JPEG file. Hoping I saw from all this is you wanna know I'm coming going to be a town near you know. I president Berkeley are recognizes that is both stabler. In a city near you just go to my website or -- com you can see all about it where am going to be and hopefully as its Yorktown and again -- can. Talk about your backgrounds. Hope to see and actually it's."
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Episode 146 - Create A 3D Lettered Sign In Lights [Discussion]
We take another look at signs in Bert Monroy's Times Square piece. Learn how to make 3 dimensional letters in lights!
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