Join Deke McClelland for an in-depth discussion in this video Fading artwork with a gradient opacity mask, part of Illustrator CC 2013 One-on-One: Mastery.
In this movie, we'll assign a gradual fade to…our artwork, by adding a gradient to the opacity mask.…And this has to be one of the best uses for opacity masks that there is.…Press Control+0 to zoom out here a little bit, so I can take in more of my artwork.…And then, I'll go ahead and switch over to the rectangle tool.…I'll meatball the layer, like so.…And then I'll click on the thumbnail, in order to switch to the Opacity mask.…And I'll draw a rectangle about yay big.…Just so it's big enough to cover all of the layer here inside the art board.…
Now notice that my object has a stroke.…So, I'll go ahead and set the stroke to None.…And my fill is solid white as by default.…I'll go ahead and switch over to the Gradient panel here.…And you can see I have a white to black gradient as by default.…I just go ahead and click on it to apply it to my artwork.…Now, it's currently at the wrong…angle and I want to make another adjustment as well.…I'm going to go ahead and expand the Gradient panel like so.…And I'll click on the reverse gradient icon, so that the gradient starts…
Author
Deke McClelland
Updated
10/2/2014Released
10/22/2013- Using symbols to streamline changes or simulate master pages
- Creating shadows, depth, and volume with gradient meshes
- Controlling transparency and visibility with opacity masks
- Warping and distorting artwork with Liquify and Envelope Distort
- Assembling a seamless pattern brush for repeated elements
- Making charts and graphs from imported data
- Creating dynamic 3D effects
Skill Level Advanced
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome to One-on-One1m 58s
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33. Using Smart Guides
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The smartest of guides1m 36s
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34. Working with Symbols
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Creating and naming symbols6m 42s
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Introducing 9-slice scaling4m 31s
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35. Gradient Mesh
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Creating a gradient mesh4m 23s
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36. Opacity Masks
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Introducing opacity masks6m 24s
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37. Liquify and Envelope
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Introducing the Warp tool7m 50s
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38. Free Transform and Touch Type
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Resetting the bounding box4m 37s
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Using the Touch Type tool5m 12s
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39. Pattern Brushes
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40. Charts and Pictographs
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41. 3D Effects
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Conclusion
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See ya1m 10s
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