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HAL 9000: a Shape Odyssey

December 29, 2010 By Visio Guy 4 Comments

Dave, won’t you please read this article?

Read this article, Dave.

Dave, don’t you think you should read this article?

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Filed Under: Illustration, Shapes Tagged With: shiny

Steelers Logo Visio Shapes

January 21, 2009 By Visio Guy 5 Comments

steelers-logo

They’re back!

The terrible towels will wave in Dallas on February 6th.

Oh well. Kudos to Green Bay!

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Filed Under: Illustration, Shapes Tagged With: logos, shiny, Sport, Sports

European Cup 2008 Country-Flag Visio Shapes

June 1, 2008 By Visio Guy 4 Comments

Read Full ArticleWell Visio Fans, June is upon us, the weather is hot, and the UEFA European Cup 2008 is about to start!

Europe is going soccer crazy, and signs of Fußball-mania are everywhere! As I walk around Vienna, it’s pretty hard not to notice these waving from store-fronts and car windows.

Of course Visio Guy wanted to get in on the football action, so we’ve drummed up some rabble-rousing, chest-pounding Visio shapes to fan the flames of nationalistic fervor!

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Filed Under: Illustration, Maps & Geography Tagged With: shiny, Sport

Lens Flare & Highlight Shapes – Bling Bling!

April 6, 2008 By Visio Guy 3 Comments

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Welcome to this month’s issue of Pimp My Visio Shapes! (*cough*)

I’ve come up with some shapes that will allow you to add lighting effects such as lens flares, star-highlights, and other shininess-enhancing effects to your overdrawn Visio diagrams.

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Filed Under: Illustration, Shapes Tagged With: Artistic Effects, Fill Format, Gradient, shiny, Transparency

Apple iPhone Network Shape

March 23, 2008 By Visio Guy 22 Comments

Read Full ArticleI know, I know, you’re probably thinking what I’m thinking: I’m just not cool enough to be a Mac person…

But that doesn’t mean we have to go without!

Yup! It’s time for another overdrawn Visio Network shape, like the Logitech VX Revolution Mouse Shape, the Thinkpad Network Shape. or the USB Stick Shape.

Since it’s Easter Sunday, and things are slow around here, I was in the mood to create something pretty. And of all the new gadgets on the market, few are prettier than the sensational Apple iPhone and the Apple iPod Touch.

So for you Apple fans who still use PCs, and for you die-hard Windows fans who appreciate a bit of sarcasm, please enjoy the Apple iPhone Visio Network Shape.

<haha> And NO, there won’t be a Mac Version of this shape… </haha>

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Filed Under: Network, Shapes Tagged With: Apple, Artistic Effects, Explode, Phone, shiny, Themes

How to Draw Glass in Visio

March 18, 2008 By Visio Guy 11 Comments

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Today we’re going create a glass effect, using basic end-user features of Visio.

With a few simple techniques, you’ll be able to add pizzazz to your elevation drawings of windows, cabinetry, video monitors, rack-systems.

Now, maybe you’re thinking; Visio is not Adobe Illustrator, and Visio diagrams are supposed to be simple, boring, and utilitarian. A quick glance at this site might bring you to question that notion.

But don’t just take our word for it…

Update: You can now download a Visio drawing with samples shapes at the end of this article

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Filed Under: Development, Illustration, Power User, Shapes Tagged With: Artistic Effects, Gradient, shiny, Transparency

Off-center Radial Fill Effect

August 30, 2007 By Visio Guy 19 Comments

You may have noticed cool-looking, shiny ball shapes that pop-up now and again on Visio Guy. They have an attractive offset-radial fill effect, like the balls in the image on the left.

If you’ve played with Visio’s Fill Format dialog, you’ll know that good ol’ Fill Pattern Number 40 will give you a nice-looking radial fill, but there doesn’t seem to be a setting for getting it to be off-center. Well (once again) Visio Guy is here to show you how to work some black magic!

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Filed Under: Development, Shapes, ShapeSheet Tagged With: 3D, Artistic Effects, Combining Shapes, Fill Format, Formulas, Geometry, ShapeSheet, shiny, SmartShapes

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