Vintage Text Effects- Need Help
Good day! I am trying to replicate what is being instructed in this video:
https://youtu.be/txSkCvl8c14?si=Ge5kSK_ymbm8Us74
Here are my issues that I tried for two hours trying to figure out since I am on AI 2026 and I am unsure of controls have changed a lot since 6 years ago?
- He states to right click the text and select "create outlines" (Time in Video: 7:35). When I do, it doesn't give the dotted formation seen in this video. It just shows a box around the text.
-He selects the text>object>path>offsetpath and changes the offset px. I didn't do exactly to his thickness in the video, because on my screen, it looked like there was barely in black as the outline so I went thicker (4 px).
-He proceeds to ungroup them, which I also did to my text, and then he states to select all the fonts. (Time in video 8:12) When I try to select using either control, shift, etc. it doesn't allow me to click more than one letter. How do I accomplish this? I tried single letter selection and manually changing the next steps, but it didn't work.
-He selects white color, but doesn't click on the color palette to be able to change it to white quickly. Is there a shortcut key for this?
-Next in video time, 8:23, he states to go to pathfinder, and "combine them". I did this, and the black completely dissapeared for several tries. Eventually, I tried one letter at a time to keep the white inside the black, but when I would try the "combining" it would disappear.
-In 8:35 he discusses strobe color. I have attempted this as well, and the only was I was able to do it was doing each letter individually, BUT when I go to the next step, it clearly doesn't work that way.
(Doing this in Windows)
I have been away from Adobe software for many years, and recently wanted to create a logo on my own without having to pay someone. I thought this would have been very clear and to the point, but in the video he talks relatively fast and I can't see what controls he is doing, also the software I have looks quite different from the video since it's almost 6 years ago. If someone can give me a break down, I would greatly appreciate your help! :)