Creating A Corporate Logo (Advanced) - Ulead MEDIASTUDIO PRO 6 User Manual

Creating a corporate logo (advanced)

This is an advanced technique for creating a complex corporate logo. It is
slightly more complicated than the technique presented on page 64. If you
have not looked at the previous tutorial on making a corporate logo, then
do that first, and then return to this lesson.
To create a more complex corporate logo:
Select the Shape tool and create a circular path in the center of the
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edit window, (fill with red and no line color or shadow). Duplicate the
object and resize it so that it is slightly larger than the original, filling
this object with white. Repeat the process, this time making a circle
which is approximately twice the size of the original and placing it at
the back, with the bottom lower than the other two.
Create a rectangular object that is the same color as the smaller circle
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and place it over the bottom of the large circle, creating a break.
Switch to the Adjust tool and add two nodes to the left and right of
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the top node on the larger circle. Click the Adjust Path button on the
Attribute toolbar and drag the center node upward.
Click the Cusp node button on the Attribute toolbar and drag the left
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control handle downward to increase the angle of the curve. When
happy with the angle, do the same to the right control handle.
Switch to the Object tool and select the Gradient button for the Fill
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color in the Object Style panel. Click on the Gradient square to open
the Magic Gradient dialog box.
Click the Edit button and select the CD thumbnail and change the hue
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value to 314. Click Add to place the new style as a new thumbnail in
the Palette Ramp dialog box.
Click OK and click the fifteenth button in the Mode group box to
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select the style of the gradient. Move to the Sample window and drag
on the sample image to reposition the focus to the left of the window.
Once finished click OK to close the dialog box.
Duplicate the object, and set it to have a line color with no fill color.
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(Make the line color different from the others for better contrast.)
Once changed, resize the object slightly so that it fits just inside the
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