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October 20, 2017
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Letterpress Effect?

  • October 20, 2017
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There’s a letterpress look I’m trying to achieve in Photoshop/Illustrator using layer masks and the torn edges filter but what I’ve come up with isn’t quite like these examples I found online. Anyone have a suggestion on how to do this?

Example 1: The abstractness of the object and the contrasts of the colors, along with the variation of shades in the blue tone is w…

Example 2: Théâtre Dunois 15/16 | Graphics, Typography and Illustrations

Example 3: AIGA Letterpress poster 2009—Sadly, my copy of this poster was stolen off my office door. | Graphic Design | Pinterest |…

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    Correct answer sishamIAGD

    You can do this in Illustrator if you want to stick to pure vector..?

    Something like these:

    Letterpress Print & Rubber Stamp Effects in Photoshop & Illustrator - YouTube

    Distressed Text Effect and Grunge Graphics with Adobe Illustrator CC - YouTube

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    OldBob1957
    OldBob1957
    Inspiring
    October 27, 2017

    This is a great tutorial on the Letterpress effect. And the text stays editable.

    Creating Editable Letterpress Styled Text - Vectips

    -- OB

    sishamIAGD
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    sishamIAGDCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    October 27, 2017

    You can do this in Illustrator if you want to stick to pure vector..?

    Something like these:

    Letterpress Print & Rubber Stamp Effects in Photoshop & Illustrator - YouTube

    Distressed Text Effect and Grunge Graphics with Adobe Illustrator CC - YouTube

    Bob_Hallam
    Bob_Hallam
    Legend
    October 27, 2017

    This Fun Effect is best applied in Photoshop after your design is created in Adobe Illustrator.    Save your Illustrator graphics and in Photoshop choose "place linked" from the file menu to place your Illustrator graphic inot a photoshop document. 

    Then add your texture to this file by opening that as a sepearat image in Photoshop and placing it as a layer over your Illustrator Graphic.   Select a blend mode in the layers pallet in Photoshop that allows the texture to be applied to the layer beneath, such as lighten or screen and adjust the opacity on the layer to create the look you are going for. 

    Save this file as a .psd  and your good to go.  The Illustrator graphics are editable and will update in Photoshop each time the document is opened. 

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