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Illustrator has great control over gradients and blends but if you want to fade the gradient from color to transparency you have to use Opacity Mask. The use of opacity masks in Illustrator is not as straightforward as in Photoshop but is just as powerful once you get to know how to use them. Here …
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Create artwork for the pattern. (Optional) To control the spacing between pattern elements or to clip out portions of the pattern, draw a pattern bounding box (an unfilled rectangle) around the artwork you want to use as a pattern. Choose Object > Arrange > Send To Back to make the rectangle the backmost object. To use the …
The PANTONE PLUS Digital Libraries Installer is a FREE utility that allows you to integrate the PANTONE PLUS Libraries quickly and easily into the Adobe® Creative Suite®. Simply run the installer and the new PANTONE PLUS Libraries will be placed in the correct folder for easy use from within the Adobe Creative Suite.
Illustrator QuickFix – Change the Size of a Rounded Rectangle After Being Drawn I’ve been asked a couple of times ‘how do you change the size of a rounded rectangle once it has been drawn’. The problem is that when you scale the rounded rectangle as you would a normal shape the rounded corners become …
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