Illustrator for a LinkedIn banner with symbols?

Question

I have a pdf of some math symbols and equations that I would like to age, rotate, and tilt in such a way that it looks like you're looking at an old open math book from an angle and you are seeing the symbols/equations on a page. I want the "page of the book" to look a little yellowed and antiquarian. All this for a LinkedIn banner.

Is Illustrator the right application? If so, is there a step-by-step tutorial or anything on accomplishing this? Maybe one tutorial for the coloring/aging and another for the roating/tilting?

Mike_Gondek10189183 · Accepted Answer

Illustrator is a vector program and usually your file choice for your typography & logos. Weathered looks & photographs are better done in Photoshop. Drop shadows can be done in both, But I feel Photoshop has a more accurate preview. Once you know both programs well you will have a better feel for how to use both programs sym=nergetically on your projects, but this is too long to explain in a post, and more of a chapter in a book.

https://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-effects/old-paper/

Jacob Bugge · Answer

82..62,

Aging can be made by using the math stuff as a Clipping Mask or Opacity Mask over a worn/grungy background, and you can have a full (locked) background to look like the old paper itself, maybe simply (based on) a photograph.

Concerning the view from an angle you may very well get away with a simple solution where you create a(n unskewed) straight on version of the book (with a bounding rectangle) containing the (undistorted) math stuff everything forming a Group, and then create a skewed/distorted version of the rectangle (with just four corner Anchor Points), then using Object>Envelope Distort>Make with Top Object.

Sign up

To post, reply, or follow discussions, please sign in with your Adobe ID.

Sign in to Adobe Community

To post, reply, or follow discussions, please sign in with your Adobe ID.

Scanning file for viruses.

This file cannot be downloaded