Comments on: Make a Retro-Space Typography Poster with Colorful Lights

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:36:38 +0000

thank you for this very helpful tutorial!!!

By: Jacob Gube

Jacob Gube — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:43:14 +0000

Cheers, but Ionut did all the heavy lifting, so all thanks should go to him! :D

By: Jo Fletch

Jo Fletch — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 10:41:20 +0000

Awesome tut – my eyes have been opened to so many things in PS. As I don’t have PS extended, Illustrator nor Cinema 4D, I made use of individual letters in MS Word wordart… needs must when……….
Will be hanging on to this tut for a long while yet, oh yes!
Thank you Jacob. :)

By: Ronaldo

Ronaldo — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:10:20 +0000

Amazing result thanks for this tutorial, I’ll try it and post result :)

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 08:20:00 +0000

Great tut! I expected something different in the source files. There is only the finished files in it.. could’t you at least put the TIFF in there as well? Thanks and good job!

By: Jacob Gube

Jacob Gube — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:19:36 +0000

@Chakib Tsouli Great suggestion, that’s a good option if you have CS4 extended and don’t have access to Cinema 4D (or want to keep your workflow strictly inside the CS4 Creative Suite).

By: Chakib Tsouli

Chakib Tsouli — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:35:18 +0000

Or he can use the 3D Engine Plugin that’s integrated with Photoshop CS4 Extended

By: Jacob Gube

Jacob Gube — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:13:36 +0000

The 3D tools in Illustrator can probably help you come close. Be sure to let us know how it works out for you, we’d love to see your final result!

By: jermaine

jermaine — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:01:52 +0000

Great tutorial. Alternatively, I may still be able to create the letters in Illustrator, as the Cinema 4D is a bit overwhelming.

By: Zackery Reichenbach-Carr

Zackery Reichenbach-Carr — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:40:24 +0000

Taufik,

You might be able to create each letter as a different layer and and lower its opacity to like 40%. Thank you could place individual drop shadows on the letters with different angles, using the same color as the objects. The different angles could be arranged to give the illusion of a 3d Object. The drop shadow blend mode would have to be normal on those, or maybe an overlay would work, with like a 40-50% opacity as well. Won’t look perfect, but it might be enough to fake it.
Hope that helps a bit.
@Z_S_R_C