Type on perspective grid illustrator movie#

In the movie trailer, the shadow letters are actually inverted to the background, making the shadow appear white. Remember, to make adjustments to the perspective text, use the Perspective Selection tool. Shift-click-and-drag a corner handle to scale it so that its bottom edges line up as close as possible to the top edges of the perspective text so that the perspective text appears to be a shadow. Now, choose the Selection tool (V), select the original upright text we created, and place it above the perspective text. Even though the grid isn’t visible, you can still move the text around on the ground plane with the Perspective Selection tool. With the text scaled and positioned where you want it, choose View>Perspective Grid>Hide Grid. Holding the Option key (PC: Alt key), drag one of corner handles with the Perspective Selection tool and scale the object so it covers a wide area of the ground plane, as shown here. Choose the Perspective Selection tool (Shift-V), click on the mirrored text we created in Step 2, and drag it into the ground plane of the perspective grid. This ensures you’re working only on this plane of the grid. (Note: A grid must be visible in order to see the widget.) Click on the bottom plane of the cube it should turn green. Use the control handles (circled) to widen the grid area and push the ground plane up to get a lower angle. To change this, choose View>Perspective Grid>One Point Perspective>. By default, Illustrator displays a two-point perspective grid however, for this effect we need a one-point perspective grid. Select the Perspective Grid tool (Shift-P). This will flip the object horizontally, giving you a mirror image. Choose Object>Transform>Reflect and in the dialog that appears, click the Horizontal setting in the Axis section, then click OK. Press Command-C (PC: Ctrl-C) to copy the text to the clipboard, then press Command-V (PC: Ctrl-V) to paste a duplicate copy of the text object. The different weight of the words will make it easier to read. Using the Type tool, highlight just the word ADJUSTMENT and change the font to Arial Black. Click on the artboard to set the text object, and type ADJUSTMENTLAYER without a space between the words. Select the Type tool (T), then go to the Control panel and set the font to Arial and the size to around 48 pt. It’s an interesting reversed shadow effect that you can re-create simply by using the new Perspective Grid feature in Illustrator CS5.Ĭhoose File>New and in the New Document dialog, set New Document Profile to Basic RGB and click OK.

Recently, I saw a trailer for a new movie called The Adjustment Bureau with Matt Damon and was intrigued by the title art.

Type on perspective grid illustrator