[Raine Parrish]

hello again,
gave your excellent instructions a try- but i am unable to achieve what i’m going for. of the several tutroials i have now dug up online- yours attacks the very problem i am dealing with- but i still am unable to nail this thing.
when looking at photos of actual neon signs- the first thing- is that the colored light source (the tube) is always much lighter than the glow cast. every tutorial i’ve read fails to attack that- which is the very thing your eye reads as “real”.
i’ve found some great “neon” font- that will lend itself to the text problem- but again- it’s making the font appear tubular-3d.
using your tutorial i was able to get a more “raised” appearance- but i failed after that.
here’s a link for actual signage-
https://gocalifornia.about.com/bl_abqnphoto_mont.htm
great stuff on this sight-
but you can see what i mean- the bright tube- against the cut out background with a glow.
anyway- if you have anymore advice- i’d greatly appreciate it.
thanks again
rp

[Raine Parrish]

thank you for the great reply- i’ll get started on it today.
thanks again
rp

[Raine Parrish]

thanks for suggestion- gonna give it a try tomorrow and let you know how it goes!
thanks again
rp

[Raine Parrish]

thanks for suggestion- gonna give it a try tomorrow and let you know how it goes!
thanks again
rp

[Raine Parrish]

awesome, thanks!

[Raine Parrish]

thanks! any luck working with the clone tool?

[Raine Parrish]

i think i’ve got it- once i resize with the sampling unchecked- then i resize down to what i need- with the sampling button now checked- and that permits the constraints option to work. right?

[Raine Parrish]

i tired your technique just now – but am having trouble resizing them. after i have followed your instructions – the files are about 6.827×5.12 inches. i need to reduce them to about 3×2.
but when i attempt this- they are not getting smaller. and when i type in the new numbers the res jumps up to 512. what am i doing wrong?

[Raine Parrish]

starting with a fresh layout. set the res for all the work at 300- he gave me tiffs. but my default must be at 72- because when i click on the pixs- they show up as 72. when i select all then copy over to new file- i set the res at 300 at that time.
the pixs are coming from his digital camera.
most of my work is web stuff- so i wasnt sure about this.
do you think selecting all and copying over at 300- will be okay?
thanks for reply!
rp

[Raine Parrish]

yeah, you guys are great- already been playing with the 3dmode- works great and so easily. if i might- i have a couple questions:
1.- is there a way to lock the wall layers together- so that as i move the house into place- everything stays lined up?
2. – i’ve read the clone tool tutorial online by adobe- but can’t get it working- i need to clone the roof shingles to make the final perspective work.
thanks for all your help!
rp