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 September
19, 1998
Creating a Banner RibbonThis tip describes how to create a Banner or Ribbon that you can add to a Newsletter or spice up an award certificate. I saw this tip years ago for FreeHand 3.1 in an old Aldus magazine called Before & After and was originally written by Paul Thick. Version: Any |
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1)
You'll need to create a new color, this can be any "Base"
color you want the Banner to be. Then create a 30% Tint
of this color like the example at right.
2)
Next you'll need to create Graphic Styles in the Styles Palette.
Under the Options pulldown menu in the Styles palette,
select new and create 2 new styles. Name these just like
the examples shown at right. Then for each style, select Edit
under the Options pulldown menu and enter the below values
for each style:
3)
Next, draw an ellipse of any size (but not too big) on
the page, the longer and narrower it is, the longer the Banner
will be. Then, create a new layer and call it something like "Hidden
Circle". Clone the ellipse and place it on this new layer
then hide the layer.
4)
Ungroup the original ellipse and with the Knife
tool, cut it at the above highlighted areas. Then delete the bigger
piece.
5)
Clone the remaining piece. While the clone is still selected,
Option (ALT) + Click on the above highlighted point with the Rotate
tool. Enter 180° and it should look like the example
above at right. Select all and Join them together.
6)
Clone this shape and move it straight up about as far as
the example. Next you need to Shift+Click on the points highlighted
above at right, and use the Split command under the Modify
menu.
7)
Building the Back: Shift+Click on the lines shown above
and Join them together. Then in the Inspector palette,
choose Closed and you should have a shape like the example
above at right. Lines highlighted for clarity using the Smooth
Editing feature.
8)
Building the Middle: Select the top middle line, then click
on the end point a.
With the Pen tool, click a point (b)
that connects the line to its clone below. Shift+Click on the
lines and Join them together. Then in the Inspector
palette, choose Closed and you should have a shape like
the example above at right.
9)
Building the Front: Shift+Click on the lines shown above
and Join them together. Then in the Inspector palette,
choose Closed and you should have a shape like the example
above at right.
10)
Now it's time to add the fills. Alternate between Right Fill
and Left Fill in your Style palette and apply the styles
to the shapes. Next create a Notch in the end by selecting
the back piece and adding a point with the Bezigon tool.
Then just drag it over to the Left like the example above at right.
11)
Next select the shapes and Group then Clone. Reflect
the Clone 180° across it's vertical axis and position
it like the above example. Select all and Group it again.
12)
Adding your Title: Reveal the ellipse you hid earlier.
Type in your text so that it fits on the Banner and make it center
aligned. I've stretched out the banner and ellipse to be a
bit longer.
13)
Select the ellipse and the text then Attach to Path in
the Text menu. In the Inspector palette in the Info
tab, choose Orientation: Skew vertical. Then position the
text to be in the middle of the Banner.
For fun, bring the middle pieces
to the front. Escher, watch out!
There, you now have a banner. Like I said above, the longer and narrower the ellipse is from the start, the longer the banner will be. Of course you can also stretch the final banner when done.
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