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Blend Tool Undesired Behavior

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January 4, 2021
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I am attempting to blend these three text objects and add a series of specified steps between them using the blend tool. Ideally, each copy created by the blend would be identical, but I am ending up with a strange warping effect in the copies between the first and second text object. This effect does not occur if I only blend two of the objects.Any guidance is much appreciated. Thank you.

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Correct answer John Mensinger

Prior to blening, I would try selecting (each instance of) the entire word and making it a Compound Path. This will eliminate varied stacking orders as a cause of that problem.

Jeff Witchel, ACI

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If you Outlined your type, try it with editable type instead.

Jeff Witchel, ACI

Community Expert

See the difference between Outline Type and regular editable type below.

John Mensinger

Community Expert

I'd agree that the posted demonstration of your problem portrays a somewhat ambiguous application of the Blend tool, but I figured perhaps it is just an example. There are better ways to produce a series of exact copies, as Jacob suggested.

Jacob Bugge

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Duncan,

Maybe far too silly, but is there a reason for having more than two text objects (it seems to be the same distance thoughout), or to have more than one rather than just using Effect>Distort&Transform>Tramsform>Move with the desired distance and number of copies (which can (also) be expanded if desired)?

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Duncan5FEBAuthor

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A good question that I should have specified on. Im using Blend rather than Transform so that I can use the Replace Spine option, as I want the copies to appear along a non-linear path without having to manually adjust each one.

John Mensinger

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Prior to blening, I would try selecting (each instance of) the entire word and making it a Compound Path. This will eliminate varied stacking orders as a cause of that problem.

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Duncan5FEBAuthor

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This appears to have worked! I was under the impression that blending between more than two objects would follow the general hierarchy of the stacking order (i.e. from top to middle to bottom). I can see now how that might cause the interference I was experiencing. Thank you for the information.

Monika Gause

Community Expert

The stacking order of objects in each group needs to be eaxactly the same. Looks like it's not.

c.pfaffenbichler

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Can you provide the file?

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