winterdd Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 Any good tips or vids on how to make a nice sign with uplights for an office? i used polyline solids but don't like it and can't get the lettering to work and show on the sign. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 How bad does it look ? Do you have a special font in mind that I could help with ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterdd Posted October 24, 2019 Author Share Posted October 24, 2019 let's just say it was very generic looking and not using CA to it's fullest potential. i tried to get in an elevation of the sign and apply lettering with rich text and that doesnt work. im going to google some images from CA and see.\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 You can convert the Rich Text to P-solids if you do it correctly. Look for a tutorial by Yusuf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterdd Posted October 24, 2019 Author Share Posted October 24, 2019 nice, will do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renerabbitt Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 6 hours ago, ChiefUserBigRob said: Any good tips or vids on how to make a nice sign with uplights for an office? i used polyline solids but don't like it and can't get the lettering to work and show on the sign. thanks Can you post a concept sketch? what font, logo name, type of sign, elevated/yard/platform/surface mount? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterdd Posted October 24, 2019 Author Share Posted October 24, 2019 Not a sketch but here is an example i was thinking....font and name doesnt really matter to me at this point. While im caught up with my clients i like to practice new stuff in my downtime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlackore Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 You can create a sign without too much trouble if you're comfortable using a graphic editor like Photoshop or The Gimp. The example below was created using Chief tools - millwork for the posts and polyline solids for the board - and using The Gimp to create the diffuse, bump, and normal maps from a picture I found online. The picture was low-resolution, so the result isn't the best, but with a higher resolution image you could get much better results. Rendered in Chief: Rendered in Sketchup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterdd Posted October 24, 2019 Author Share Posted October 24, 2019 Thats pretty good rlackore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renerabbitt Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 23 minutes ago, ChiefUserBigRob said: Thats pretty good rlackore! You can get some pretty powerful stuff done in 10 minutes when you learn your photo editing software's..this took 10 min tops: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterdd Posted October 24, 2019 Author Share Posted October 24, 2019 Are these pics using jpegs to create or is this all individual CA commands? They are cool for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renerabbitt Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 3 minutes ago, ChiefUserBigRob said: Are these pics using jpegs to create or is this all individual CA commands? They are cool for sure Photoshop for mine, adjusted the distortion, select the main sign and cut the rest, fill with content-aware tool, spot heel as necessary, dupe the layer, change to monochrome, export both layers as diffuse and bump respectively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LevisL Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 You can also use Sketchup to do some 3D lettering and import it as a symbol into Chief. Here are a few examples I just did last week. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KittleDesign Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 This is the only topic that I could find that talked about creating a business sign, so I am going to ask my question here. I have a logo (png file), I just want to attach the logo on the sign of a sign board (6'x4') and then attach that to the side of my building, how do I make this happen? I like what rlackore did with the freestanding sign in the rendering that he posted above. Or, how do I turn that logo into a material in Chief? I have the sign board on the side of the building and I can select something in the materials list (like Fire 5) and that sign board will have flames on it (instead of the logo that I want). So I think that would be the easiest thing, turn my logo into a material and then I can just select it and chose it to be on the face of the sign board. I think this is probably a pretty simple thing, but I am just missing a step and I am tired of spinning my wheels. Any help would be appreciated, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KittleDesign Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Thanks, got it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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