Join Deke McClelland for an in-depth discussion in this video 811 Making one pattern fade into another, part of Deke's Techniques.
- [Deke] All right, in the last movie I alluded to the idea … that you can fade a pattern to white by adding a gradient, … as we're seeing here. … But what if you want to fade one pattern … into a totally different pattern? … Well, that's going to be a little more work … because we'll need to create the alternate pattern. … And the technique itself is going … to involve an opacity mask. … So starting with our shaded star pattern, … I'm going to go to the Swatches panel, … and I'm going to grab this simple star pattern right here. … You don't want anything selected, by the way. … Just go ahead and grab it. … And then click on the little page icon … in order to create a copy of that swatch. … And let's call this one fan blade … because the stars are going to look more like fan blades … by the time we're done. … And then I'll click OK. … And I'll go ahead and drag that guy to the end of the list, … and then I'll double-click on it … in order to open it up in the pattern editor mode. … All right, I'm going to start by clicking …
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Deke McClelland
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10/29/2019Released
1/13/2011This course is a collection of short Photoshop and Illustrator projects and creative effects that can be completed in ten minutes or less. The series is taught by computer graphics guru Deke McClelland, and presented in his signature step-by-step style. The intent is to reveal how various Photoshop and Illustrator features can be combined and leveraged in real-world examples so that they can be applied to creative projects right away.
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