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Does anyone know how I can create a digital alarm clock effect? I have a digital font installed, but how do I create the glow-ish effect? I've added a glow effect in my image editor, but I can't seem to get it to look just right. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
-Brickman
Maybe you could include a picture? That may help.
Usually when I want to create a glow effect, I just duplicate the non-glow layer (in this case, the numbers) and add a blur to them and put the blur layer underneath the numbers.
Here's what I got. I guess it's not terrible, but I just think it could look a little more realistic. What does anyone else think?
I think it looks good.
I did this in Holding Our Own 1.
I use an older program called Corel PhotoPaint 7, part of CorelDraw 7.
If you can get a copy of this, I use the Drop Shadow effect:
Make a mask of the digits
turn mask to object
Perform four drop shadows, one in each direction, with offset 0 and feather 3 or so, in the same color as the digits
Perform four more, one in each direction, with offset 1 and feather 0, in black, or whatever the background color is
When compositing into the film, make it about 20 to 25% transparent (75 to 80% opaque), to let a bit of the background seep in, so it doesn't look so high-contrast that it's obviously an effect. This should help you with your concerns that you want it to be more realistic.
Another method is to make a copy of the digits to the clipboard, do a gaussian blur on the original, then superimpose the clipboard copy as a new object. Still do the black drop shadow, or before pasting the digits from the clipboard, make an object out of the gaussian blurred image underneath and make it 50% transparent so it's a more subtle glow.
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Last edited by HoldingOurOwn (March 4, 2017 (06:28am))
Thanks very much for your suggestions and feedback. I'll look into Corel PhotoPaint 7 and tweak what I have.
Corel is not on x6 or x7 by now. I use x6 also but sometimes older is better.
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