Lesson 4 – Blends and Meshes
Submitted by 2-ryanharmon on Monday, 8 February 2010No Comment
Blending Paths with the Specified Steps Option – http://vimeo.com/8544743
- How does one perform a blend? Select 2 objects go to object > blend > make
- What does the “specified steps” do? Sets how many times the two objects are being blended.
- Upload a .JPG file of the blended lines.
Blending Paths with the Smooth Color Option – http://vimeo.com/8544811
- What does the “smooth color” do? Blends color more smoothly between objects.
- What does the small “X” stand for when using the blend tool? Shows where the center of the blend is.
- What do the blending modes “Multiply” and “Screen” do? Multiply darkens, Screen lightens.
- Why would you pull down the opacity on a blending mode? If the colors are too vibrant.
- Upload a .JPG file of the Blended CD Reflection with different colors.
Designing Web Buttons with the Blend Tool & Gradients – http://vimeo.com/8544859
- What is a Gradient? A blend of one color to another color
- What is a Graphic Style? A group of saved settings
- How can you align two or more objects to the center? By selecting the objects and using the align buttons
- Upload a .JPG file of your own custom web button
Colorizing with Gradients – http://vimeo.com/8544921
- How do you change the views for your swatches? In the options menu of the swatches window.
- How do you replace a color in the gradient options? going to the gradient window
- What tool can you use to pick up the color from one object and apply it to another? The color picker tool
- What is a radial gradient? Color blending in a circular fashion
Working with Gradient Meshes – http://vimeo.com/8545050
- What is the way shown to hide multiple layers all at one time? Shift + selecting them and clicking hide
- How can you specify rows and columns manually in a Gradient Mesh? option clicking with the mesh tool
- What selection tool do you need to select points in a Gradient Mesh? The Direct selection tool
- What do the Lasso tool allow you to do? Select points that are scattered easyier
- What does Shift do while selecting points on a path? selects multiple
- What do the handles do in a gradient mesh? Moves angles
- Upload a .JPG file of the finished apples with gradients and gradient meshes.
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