Comments on: Candy Cane Text Effect Using Illustrator and Photoshop http://designinstruct.com/graphic-design/text-effects/candy-cane-text-effect-using-illustrator-and-photoshop/ Photoshop, Illustrator, Graphic Design Tutorials Thu, 23 May 2013 11:15:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: Patrick Stevens http://designinstruct.com/graphic-design/text-effects/candy-cane-text-effect-using-illustrator-and-photoshop/#comment-11169 Patrick Stevens Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:07:57 +0000 http://designinstruct.com/?p=1781#comment-11169 What a great font – it’s the middle of April, and we’re in the office reading this and looking forward to the holidays! Thanks for making your instructions so accessible and easy-to-follow.

]]> By: Jessica http://designinstruct.com/graphic-design/text-effects/candy-cane-text-effect-using-illustrator-and-photoshop/#comment-10184 Jessica Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:42:40 +0000 http://designinstruct.com/?p=1781#comment-10184 Awesome tutorial! Was a little confused on the instructions lol but I made my brush flawlessly! Thanks :D

]]> By: Parisa http://designinstruct.com/graphic-design/text-effects/candy-cane-text-effect-using-illustrator-and-photoshop/#comment-9798 Parisa Tue, 07 Aug 2012 20:30:30 +0000 http://designinstruct.com/?p=1781#comment-9798 Great tutorial!
@ShaunHill.net I had the same issue as you did with the gaps happening, so I went back to steps 5 and 6 and realized that one of my highlights extended a tiny bit beyond the original white rectangle which is what was causing the gaps in my pattern when I applied it to the stroke.
I hope that helps!

]]> By: ShaunHill.net http://designinstruct.com/graphic-design/text-effects/candy-cane-text-effect-using-illustrator-and-photoshop/#comment-8461 ShaunHill.net Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:09:03 +0000 http://designinstruct.com/?p=1781#comment-8461 Hello there, the end result looks brilliant from what I can see in the tutorial. However, I am having problems and wondered if you could please help me.

My pattern shows a break between each segment (possibly anchor?). Do you have any idea why this is and how to fix it? Example in link below.

http://www.shaunhill.net/examplar.jpg

]]> By: Tyler http://designinstruct.com/graphic-design/text-effects/candy-cane-text-effect-using-illustrator-and-photoshop/#comment-8283 Tyler Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:29:05 +0000 http://designinstruct.com/?p=1781#comment-8283 Hmmm… make sure that you are duplicating the white box with Ctrl+C, Ctrl+F before using the pathfinder on the red stripe, and then again before the green stripe. You are going to end up having the original white box, duplicating that to cut out the red stripe, and then duplicating it again to cut out the green stripe.

Also the offset can be adjusted so the spacing looks good to you.

]]> By: Bill Watters http://designinstruct.com/graphic-design/text-effects/candy-cane-text-effect-using-illustrator-and-photoshop/#comment-8251 Bill Watters Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:44:21 +0000 http://designinstruct.com/?p=1781#comment-8251 Hello,(Using Illustrator CS3) I’m not fully conversant with Illustrator and the pathfinder is presenting a major obstacle. I can create the red stripe on the white box but the wheels come off when I attempt to incorporate the green outer stripes. It appears that once the white and red stripe have been clipped by the pathfinder intersect button they become a compound path (or shape). To reselect the red stripe as per the tutorial seemed impossible without combining the white box so I recreated the stripe as a separate shape and pasted it in front of the compound white and red. I adjusted the offset to 0.5″ which seemed too much. I proceeded as per instruction without success. I have tried reconstructing the entire exercise every which way but it always ends up with the final result that the green stripe appears on the white box and makes the red stripe disappear. Any help much appreciated.

]]> By: Nikola Lazarevic http://designinstruct.com/graphic-design/text-effects/candy-cane-text-effect-using-illustrator-and-photoshop/#comment-8202 Nikola Lazarevic Wed, 28 Dec 2011 08:43:17 +0000 http://designinstruct.com/?p=1781#comment-8202 nice and you made it so easy. lovely effect, bravo Tayler!

]]> By: john http://designinstruct.com/graphic-design/text-effects/candy-cane-text-effect-using-illustrator-and-photoshop/#comment-8196 john Tue, 27 Dec 2011 08:32:00 +0000 http://designinstruct.com/?p=1781#comment-8196 great effect, thanks for the tut!

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