Gold in Photoshop

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  • luckyorphan0

    Every metallic surface has a base color to it that is then affected by its having a slick, semi-reflective surface.

    As a purely solid color, gold does not appear "gold" but rather somewhat of a mustard seed or yellow ochre. In order to get a metallic effect, you must do one of the two options:

    1. Model or render it to give the type a metallic finish (hilights, shadows, reflections, etc.) or
    2. When it comes to printing the logo, only use metallics. Refer to your Pantone metallics swatch book for the proper color, of course. If you print only four-color, it will appear quite dull unless you bling the crap out of it—at which point it will look quite cheesy.

    And if you need to outsource it, feel free to send it over. I'll be happy to help.

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    • echo...echo...monospaced
    • you're saying 3D render the metallic surface AND use metallic inks? LOL that's funny shitmonospaced
    • oh, 1 of 2 options...hehemonospaced
    • << for mono: http://www.wired.com…luckyorphan
    • ...and while I understand I repeated some posts above, I didn't feel they explained enough. Cheers.luckyorphan
    • thanks, I forgot how important reading was. I usually only read 50-100pages a daymonospaced
    • Reading the same page of Dick and Jane over and over and over doesn't count, mono.detritus
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