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Editing multiple gradients - Illustrator Tutorial
From the course: Illustrator CS5 One-on-One: Advanced
Editing multiple gradients
I've saved my progress as Many gradients.ai. In this exercise, I am going to show you how to change the size and angle of multiple gradients at the same time using the Gradient tool. But first I want to show you a limitation of the Gradient tool and one of its excellent advantages, something that you can do with the Gradient tool that you just can't do from the Gradient panel. So, first the limitation. I am going to select the cat head, let's say, and imagine that I want to assign a gradient to the head. I don't, I want it to remain solid black, but let's say I want to assign a gradient. Why, you would naturally assume that given that the Gradient tool could do everything else that it would let you assign a gradient. Well, that would be the wrong assumption. If you grab the Gradient tool and you drag, you are going to create an annotator, so that's going to make you think, Yup, I am going to create a gradient here, and then you release and nothing happens. And we have not assigned a…
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Gradients are good1m 15s
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Assigning a gradient fill6m 9s
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Using the gradient annotator7m 31s
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Editing multiple gradients4m 36s
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Establishing symmetrical gradients5m 28s
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Creating a radial gradient5m 46s
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Adjusting the midpoint skew3m 23s
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Mixing gradients with blend modes6m 11s
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Making a transparent gradient6m 42s
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Drop shadows and dynamic effects5m 58s
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Assigning a gradient to editable text5m 42s
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Editing text that includes dynamic effects2m 56s
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Assigning a gradient to a stroke6m 46s
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