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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Digital Alarm Clock]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[Corel is not on x6 or x7 by now.  I use x6 also but sometimes older is better.]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[HoldingOurOwn]]></name>
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			<updated>2017-03-08T23:35:11Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Digital Alarm Clock]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[Thanks very much for your suggestions and feedback. I'll look into Corel PhotoPaint 7 and tweak what I have.]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Brickman]]></name>
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			<updated>2017-03-06T01:14:57Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Digital Alarm Clock]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[What I did in my latest [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdV4ujBl_3E]THAC Film[/url] was a black on white clock with the quad warp effect.

EDIT: Forgot to add that with black on white I didn't have to worry about lighting. It seemed to fit in naturally.]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[jasper]]></name>
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			<updated>2017-03-04T23:24:24Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Digital Alarm Clock]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[I did this in Holding Our Own 1.

I use an older program called Corel PhotoPaint 7, part of CorelDraw 7.
 If you can get a copy of this, I use the Drop Shadow effect:

Make a mask of the digits
turn mask to object
Perform four drop shadows, one in each direction, with offset 0 and feather 3 or so, in the same color as the digits
Perform four more, one in each direction, with offset 1 and feather 0, in black, or whatever the background color is

When compositing into the film, make it about 20 to 25% transparent (75 to 80% opaque), to let a bit of the background seep in, so it doesn't look so high-contrast that it's obviously an effect.  This should help you with your concerns that you want it to be more realistic.

Another method is to make a copy of the digits to the clipboard, do a gaussian blur on the original, then superimpose the clipboard copy as a new object.  Still do the black drop shadow, or before pasting the digits from the clipboard, make an object out of the gaussian blurred image underneath and make it 50% transparent so it's a more subtle glow.

[url]http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=corel+draw+7+-x7&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=corel+draw+7+-x7+-x8+-x6&_sacat=0[/url]]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[HoldingOurOwn]]></name>
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			<updated>2017-03-04T13:24:45Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Digital Alarm Clock]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[I think it looks good.]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[osomstudios]]></name>
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			<updated>2017-03-04T02:41:01Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Digital Alarm Clock]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[Here's what I got. I guess it's not terrible, but I just think it could look a little more realistic. What does anyone else think?

[img]http://i.imgur.com/XK3nDnK.png[/img]]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[Brickman]]></name>
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			<updated>2017-03-04T01:36:34Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Digital Alarm Clock]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[Maybe you could include a picture? That may help.

Usually when I want to create a glow effect, I just duplicate the non-glow layer (in this case, the numbers) and add a blur to them and put the blur layer underneath the numbers.]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[rioforce]]></name>
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			<updated>2017-03-04T01:08:51Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Digital Alarm Clock]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[Does anyone know how I can create a digital alarm clock effect? I have a digital font installed, but how do I create the glow-ish effect? I've added a glow effect in my image editor, but I can't seem to get it to look just right. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

 -Brickman]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Brickman]]></name>
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			<updated>2017-03-03T21:37:00Z</updated>
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