Premium Tutorial: 3D Golden Text Effect

Learn how to create an 3d golden text effect in this premium tutorial. See how to create text using 3D extrude and the techniques to clean up the broken shapes. The final steps will teach you how to create glows and highlights for the 3D text. This will be a great tutorial for beginners to create professional 3D text effects in illustrator!
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Difficulty: Basic-Intermediate tutorial
Requirements: Illustrator 10, CS, CS2, CS3 and CS4
What will you get?
- Instant download of PDF e-book (30 steps)
- Detailed step by step tutorial
- Learn to create 3D text effect
- Comes with Ai file for easy reference
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About The Author: Andrei
I'm the owner and administrator of VforVectors.com. My own website dedicated to Adobe Illustrator where I use to publish my own tutorials every week.
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