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  • BCC6 Extruded objects

    Posted by Chris Poisson on May 5, 2009 at 9:58 pm

    I have tried to no avail to get an Illustrator logo to extrude. I have tried using a shape layer and merging the paths, but still can only get one of the paths to extrude. I’m working in AE CS3. What’s the trick?

    Have a wonderful day.

    Chris Poisson replied 17 years, 3 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Peter Mcauley

    May 6, 2009 at 12:51 pm

    Hi Chris,

    Please send me the Illustrator file and I’ll sort it out for you. You can send that to me via email at peterm@borisfx.com.

    A couple of things to bear in mind when preparing Illustrator files for BCC Extrude EPS …

    • delete extraneous paths, including any unfilled bounding box(es) that may be present
    • delete any mesh warps
    • gradient fills in Illustrator will become solid fills in BCC – safer to convert them in Illustrator
    • convert fonts into outlines (not absolutely necessary but advisable)
    • if you are using a .ai file to extrude, save it as Illustrator v8
    • scale the Illustrator file to a large size in Illustrator – bigger is better than smaller with vector art in BCC

    I hope this helps,

    Peter.

  • Chris Poisson

    May 6, 2009 at 10:38 pm

    Hi Peter,

    Thanks so much, I also saw a similar thread below. Will send next week.

    Have a wonderful day.

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