3D Text?

[whebzy]

I'm running an art thread on the Minecraft forums here and I really want to expand my knowledge so I can provide better stuff for my customers. I've been looking at other designers' threads lately and found another art thread showcasing a text effect like this:

He has used Photoshop, but is there any way to achieve this kind of 3D text in Paint.NET?

Edited May 9, 2012 by whebzy

[pdnnoob]

Follow the tutorial, but don't use shape3D and place the zoom blur on the center of the text. That should get you started. If you need further instruction, I'll get back to you later. (I have to go to school now, so no time to type up a tutorial )

[whebzy]

http://forums.getpai...ed-curved-text/

Follow the tutorial, but don't use shape3D and place the zoom blur on the center of the text. That should get you started. If you need further instruction, I'll get back to you later. (I have to go to school now, so no time to type up a tutorial )

The zoom blur just doesn't quite cut it.

Is there anything else I can do?

[yellowman]

Try the Point Blur , it wasn't available when I wrote my tutorial.

Duplicate the text layer and apply the point blur on the lower layer as desired.

[Ella]

Thanks for pointing to Point Blur I didn´t know it was there, gotta try with that too.

I tried the linked tutorial with zoom blur, set the transparency adjustment with Transparency plugin to maximum (slider to right side) and ran AA´s Assistant to get rid of jagged edges.

That´s the quick result:

Edited May 12, 2012 by Ella

[Ego Eram Reputo]

Nice job Ella!

[rafroller]

Nice Job ella! could you make a tut with screenshots and all that stuff?

[Ella]

Nice Job ella! could you make a tut with screenshots and all that stuff?

You can check it out here http://pdnfans.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=intermediate&action=display&thread=254.

[rafroller]

You can check it out here http://pdnfans.probo...play&thread=254.

Thanks very much! I think I'll use it often

[rafroller]

Here is what I got:

Edited June 12, 2012 by rafroller