We’re looking forward to the promised second post, in which describes the solution to these issues. The sign was missing a dot for the question mark, light leakage from ends of the individual segments was creating distracting bright spots on the base, areas where the silicone had been removed to connect the LEDs were noticeably darker, and the letters looked too thin. Of course, this type of project doesn’t always turn out perfect the first time. This board later served as a template for cutting the LED strips to length - clever! We suspect this could also be done with a hobby knife and a liberal dose of patience by those without access to a CNC mill. With the strokes milled out of a foam board, the final effect could be visualized before committing to the design. One of the things that caught our eye about this build is the use of a CNC mill to create a prototype. In this case, they were mounted on 3 mm polystyrene plate glued to a wooden frame made from 22 mm square beams. They’re great-looking, inexpensive, easy to work with, and available with RGB LEDs for variable colors. While true neon aficionados will bristle at even calling such LED strips “faux neon” (check the comments below for examples), we really like them for sign projects like this. The sign uses silicone-enclosed “neon-like” LED strips to spell out the question for all to see - and ponder. In German, however, the question is a more thought-provoking “What?” That’s exactly the point of this faux-neon sign created by. I can't speak for all versions of Corel and all computers.To a speaker of English, a sign asking ‘Was?” may not make much sense. AppData/Roaming/Corel/CorelDraw Graphics Suite X5/Draw/Presets/DropShadow Download it and install in CorelDraw by dropping it in your Presets Drop Shadow folder. I have created a 'neon' Drop Shadow Preset for you. Don't have CorelDraw? No problem! You can create neon letters with Inkscape (totally free!)įirst, a relatively simple method of creating neon effect letters or neon line-based objects using CorelDraw. I wanted to use a vector program, so I created my neon letters using CorelDraw. There are a number of videos about creating neon-look signs, but they are mostly for Photoshop. It is also included in Paper Engineering and Pop-Ups for Dummies by Rob Ives.īut this post is not about the card, it's about the printable neon effect that I made for the lettering and shapes. A version of this card is in my go-to book for mechanical cards, Making Mechanical Cards by Sheila Sturrock.

Neon inkscape tutorial