3D Lettering with Photoshop and Illustrator
Second Composition 4
A course by Jonathan Ortiz , Graphic Designer
About the video: Second Composition 4
Overview
“Now, I'm going to teach you how to work with compositing in Photoshop. I'll show you how to add some brightness and also shadows to the letters.”
In this video lesson Jonathan Ortiz addresses the topic: Second Composition 4, which is part of the Domestika online course: 3D Lettering with Photoshop and Illustrator. Learn to create lettering art with different special effects using Photoshop and Illustrator, then apply it to the medium or format of your choice.
Partial transcription of the video
“second composition We are already in Photoshop. As we see, everything is fine. It has good resolution. Now let's start tidying up our composition a bit. Let's catch the line by squashing Alt until this arrow with a triangle appears. We click it. Automatically creates a clipping mask on the Volume layer. So this same layer we can move indifferently that affects our layer below. Likewise, the Bevel line will be inserted into Color. We crush Alt and put it. As we can see, automatically these edges that were outside, I'm going to give Control + Z, they would stay inside. That's why I considered...”
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Course summary for: 3D Lettering with Photoshop and Illustrator
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Category
Calligraphy & Typography -
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
3D, 3D Lettering, Digital Lettering, Lettering

Jonathan Ortiz
A course by Jonathan Ortiz
Jonathan Ortiz is a graphic designer from Ecuador who specializes in branding, lettering, and illustration. He began his career in 3D and gradually moved into the vector universe. Driven by his passion for letters, he loves to play with shapes and experiment with shadow and volume to create original designs.
He has worked with individual clients and collaborated with brands like Affinity Designer, Sweet & Coffee, Vectornator, and Bakanes.
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