Cerberus

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Lesson 6. Practical techniques

Part 1: Application of fillings for "Envelopes" and "Fillers"

  • Create a simple background by means of Guilloche Wizard
  • Create a simple rosette by means of Guilloche Wizard
  • Set filling for the Filler
  • Set filling for the Envelope
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Part 2: Creating an "impossible" figure composed of rosettes

  • Create a simple rosette using Guilloche Wizard
  • Set document parameters
  • Set Filler color
  • Create another rosette by means of Guilloche Wizard
  • Change position of the rosette and the Filling color
  • Create a third rosette by means of Guilloche Wizard
  • Change position of the rosette and the Filling color
  • Set the number of base fragments
  • Change fragments position
  • We have created an "impossible" figure
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Part 3: Creating overlaying guilloches

  • Open a new document
  • Create a band-like Filler
  • Duplicate the guilloche group
  • Change Envelopes parameters
  • Set filling for the Fillers
  • Split the base into fragments
  • Set fragments order
  • We have created two mutually overlapping bands
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Part 4: Example of masks application

  • Create a simple background by means of Guilloche Wizard
  • Set masking
  • Copy the Filler
  • Invert the mask
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Part 5: Application of hatched lines for creating images on backgrounds

  • Create a simple background with a halftone image by means of Guilloche Wizard
  • Set dotted line type
  • Set dotted line frequency modulation
  • Change Envelope parameters
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Part 6: Application of the microtext for creating images on backgrounds

  • Create a simple background with a halftone image by means of Guilloche Wizard
  • Set microtext line type
  • Set text parameters
  • Enable modulation of text symbols height
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