Tutorial for Text work in Macromedia

Tutorial for Text work:

Add a contour gradient to text

A gradient displays subtle variations of a color or transitions between two or more colors. In FreeHand, you can create multicolor gradients that follow the contour of a path. In this tutorial, you'll use the contour gradient feature to add a bit of polish to ordinary text.

1.      Take type tool and type some text and select it

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3.      Click at “Text Menu” and click at “converts to path”

4.      Slightly expand its size i.e. resize it to big text

5.      In the Fill panel, select Gradient from the Fill Type pop-up menu.

6.      Click the Contour Gradient button and click the swatch on the left of the color ramp.

7.      In the list of swatches, select Gold Base-Tone.

8.      Drag the swatch slightly to the right, as shown in the following illustration.

9.      Click the second swatch, which you just created, and select Gold Low-Tone from the list of swatches.

10.  Drag the first swatch to the halfway mark of the color ramp. Click it and select Gold Mid-Tone from the list of swatches.

11.  Click the swatch on the right and select Gold Highlight.

12.  Drag the swatch on the right toward the left, about a quarter of the length of the color ramp, as shown in the following illustration.

13.  Drag the taper slider to 20.

            The taper slider controls the ramp of the gradient.

14.  Drag the center-point control toward the upper left corner, as shown in the following illustration.