fx in Publisher

[Furry]

I am confused by the various profiles offered in the effects dialog for bevel and emboss and none of them seem to give me the result I want..

What I want is to give a rule a rounded look so that it gives the appearance of a rounded rod lying on the page. Is that possible?

[walt.farrell]

It would help to have an example image showing what you want.

 

[Furry]

Thanks for the very prompt reply walt.

This is the sort of thing I am looking for. This was done in Photoshop. I am not altrogether happy with it as i wanted a morew rounded appearance. But it is headed in the right direction.

[walt.farrell]

2 minutes ago, Furry said:

This

If you provided an attachment, I'm not seeing it.

[Furry]

Oh. Sorry.

I dragged a .jpg file to where it says "drag files here to attach" and it showed a little image of it so i assujed it was attached. This time I will use the "choose file/s" option.

I think what I did wrong was to click the little cross on the shown image. I thought I was closing the view and evidently I was deleting the image.

[walt.farrell]

Sorry, but I'm still not sure exactly what you want. That image doesn't show enough context (area around the object).

But if it's something like this,

it's just a line with a thick stroke and and Round Cap ends.

[Furry]

That is strange. When I look at the forum page, it shows my uploaded bar in full colour whereas yours, as you describe, is just a thick (black) stroke with round cap ends. I will attach a screen shot of that part of the page. I don't know why it has increased the size.

My picture has square ends and, of course, I could round them, which would no doubt help. But I want to give the appearance of three dimensions.

[carl123]

Is this the sort of effect you are after?

 

 

[Furry]

Yes! That looks great!

I could handle the rounded corners and the drop shadow but how do I get the light and shade giving it depth?

[carl123]

Add a rounded rectangle
Add a gradient fill using Gradient Tool from top to bottom using a grey to black gradient
Set FX Bevel / Emboss as shown (values may vary depending on your size of rectangle)
Adjust corner radius of rectangle as required

(There is no separate shadow layer, that comes from the Bevel / Emboss FX)

 

 

[Furry]

Thank you, carl123. Since it is now almost 1:00am where I am, I will leave it until tomorrow to try it. But that looks pretty straight forward.

Thank you again.

[walt.farrell]

31 minutes ago, Furry said:

it shows my uploaded bar in full colour

I think it was my problem in interpreting what you showed. If you had included the area around your object, it wouldl have been clearer to me. But Carl has you headed in the right direction.

[v_kyr]

Or use alternatively some FX 3D settings too ...

[Furry]

I am indebted to both of you.

[Furry]

Your post appeared just as I sent mine, v_kyr. Thank you to you also.