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DAMJ
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December 16, 2010
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howto create realistic stitched patch effect

  • December 16, 2010
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the title says it all, how do you realisticly recreate a embroided patch effect.
think of militairy patches.

this pictures shows what i mean

http://e-patches.com/wp-content/uploadszsedc/2008/05/airsoft.jpg

http://www.emblemworks.com/zencart/images/sec.jpg

i have been fiddling around with the scribble effect. but i cant get the lighting to look right.

tnx in advance,
-Diego

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      Correct answer JETalmage

      Embroidery border.

      Store the Appearance as a Graphic Style. Apply it to any path. Create the original grad using only grays, set the Colorization mode of the Pattern Brush to Hue Shift or Tints & Shades, and the one Brush will serve for any color "thread".

      JET

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      DA341134
      Participant
      February 14, 2016

      Hi Guys,

      I have been trying so hard to get the embroidery effect, but having mega trouble!

      I am no novice to AI, but I don't know it is alluding me. I tried to follow Jets tutorial, but I get stumped with the scribble part and beyond. I private messaged him, but to no avail.

      Can anyone lend a hand, it would be most appreciated!

      Here is rough idea of what I am trying to do. It is the grey edges that I wish to embroider!!  Ugh!!

      David

      Jacob Bugge
      Community Expert
      Jacob BuggeCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      April 7, 2012

      Maybe we shall all be stitched up before we knowhowto.

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      Jesseham
      Inspiring
      April 8, 2012

      Ah, you guys are a rip!

      K
      kcrossley
      Inspiring
      October 30, 2013

      Has anyone ever applied an embroidery effect to a logo? If so, how is that accomplished?

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      Anonymous
      April 7, 2012

      Hi, Thank for the short tutorial. It is very helpful but in my case I must be missing something because I can't make it work.

      I follow this tutorial but when I get to the "pathfinder:merge" I don't know with which other shape I have to merge it.

      If I skip the merge and drag it to the brushes, I get an error "The selected artwork contains an element that cannot be used

      in a pattern brush". I found out that the problem is the gradient because if I do all the same without gradient then I can use

      the artwork as a pattern. The problem is that I nedd the gradient to make it realistic. Can somebody tell me what I am doing wrong?

      Thank you very much in advance for your help

      Carlos

      JETalmage
      JETalmage
      Inspiring
      April 7, 2012

      You can't use grad fills in a Brush. So, as the instructions indicate, you have to:

      1. Object>Expand Appearance. (Flattens the live Scribble Effect.)
      2. Object>Expand...>Fill. Specify Steps: 20. (Flattens the live Gradient Fill into a set of discrete paths with normal solid fills.)
      3. PathFinder palette>Merge. (Unions adjacent areas of same color, and punches areas of overlap. This is just to further optimize the Brush by minimizing the number of paths.)

      These steps are all mentioned in the demo, but are not as explicitly spelled-out, because the assumption is the reader has read the manual and is familiar with the basic features and commands, and would therefore understand the "shorthand" instructions.

      JET

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      jay fresno
      Inspiring
      April 7, 2012

      In my case, the Round Corners effect doesn't give small round corners. What would I be doing wrong?

      JETalmage
      JETalmageCorrect answer
      Inspiring
      December 18, 2010

      Embroidery border.

      Store the Appearance as a Graphic Style. Apply it to any path. Create the original grad using only grays, set the Colorization mode of the Pattern Brush to Hue Shift or Tints & Shades, and the one Brush will serve for any color "thread".

      JET

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        DAMJAuthor
        Participant
        January 28, 2011

        Thanx alot jet!

        you solved my issue completely.


        thanks again for taking the time to formulate this clear explanation.

        -Diego

        _scott__
        _scott__
        Legend
        December 16, 2010

        I find expanding the scribble effect and applying a gradient to the resuting shape helps a great deal.

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        DAMJAuthor
        Participant
        December 16, 2010

        by using the scribble and texturize effects I came up with this result.
        http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/4590/68915484.png
        I think it looks pretty good, except I want the stitching to stay in a 90 degree angel to the stroke on the corners and on the vertical sides of the rounded rectangle. any tips or workarounds?

        _scott__
        _scott__
        Legend
        December 16, 2010

        You would need to create a custom pattern brush to get the stitching to follow the path. Not easily done, but possible.

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