AsadAbrar
International Coach
Hello, planetcricketers!
Today i will be doing a tutorial on:
Things needed:
Ok, so lets start:
Thats it, the tutorial is completed and here our my various outcomes.
Today i will be doing a tutorial on:
- How to make custom shapes in Powerpoint
- How to apply awesome 3d effects to them (nearly like zax)
Things needed:
- Basic knowledge about Powerpoint 2007
- Powerpoint 2007 (maybe 2010 can work)
- Experience in making,editing paths
- A stock from which you will trace (optional)
- Extra Time
Ok, so lets start:
- I would be making a lion (http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/5884073/2/istockphoto_5884073-lion-vector.jpg) and applying 3d effects to it. So i copy the image from Google images and paste it into PowerPoint 2007 and re-size it a bit.
- Then i would start tracing it. To trace go to Shapes (Home Tab), then go to Lines and use any of the tools mentioned in the picture(the right one is a straight line tool while the other is curved line one. As my shape is curvy, i use the curved line tool.
- Zoom it a bit (your choice, i normally zoom it to 150%), then start tracing it. Make small points, it will help in editing them if you have made it wrong later on. If you shape is identical, that means some shapes are continuously repeated, then don't bother to trace or make them again, we can just copy and paste those shapes later on.
As you can see, my line isn't that straight and the curves aren't that pointed, that doesn't matter as we would edit them later on. When you have traced your shape then go to the next point.
- Now, if you think that your shape isn't really that right, then right click it and click "Edit Points". Now this is just like Photoshop's "Convert Point" tool. Click the black points and reshape it as you want. For this you can lower the transparency of the shape so you can easily reshape it. See how i reshaped it (the size difference is due too % of zoom).
- Now we do the most awesome part, applying 3d effects onto it. right click the Shape and click "Format Shape". Here a dialog box opens with headings such as "Fill", "Line Color" and etc. First we go to "Fill" and change the color according to our choice, i use simple red, you can chose any type of color or even gradients. Then I go to "3-D Format" and play with the settings you like, these are my settings.
- Now, copy all the shapes after you have done all the previous parts and the stock to a image editor. Then copy the shapes which are identical and paste them and rotate them according to your shape.
Thats it, the tutorial is completed and here our my various outcomes.
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