811 Making one pattern fade into another

- [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 …