Blur and halftone transition?

[Syntax_One]

Hi!

Is it possible to transition an effect on an object in Illustrator?

Here is an example, poorly achieved, of a word slowly becoming blurry:

Here is an example, poorly achieved, of a word slowly transitioning into halftones:

The ultimate goal being to do both at the same time:

Thank you! 😄

[Monika Gause]

You cannot automatically achieve that. It would need to be made the hard way.

On top of that: the halfone effect inside Illustrator is pixel bsed.

[Anubhav M]

Hello @Syntax_One,

Thanks for reaching out. You may try applying a transparent gradient mask to your artwork, followed by rasterizing and applying the halftone effect and checking if it helps.

Here are some tutorials to get you started:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ime8o_Febts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4s4p8pzxH4

Feel free to reach out if you have more questions or need assistance. We'd be happy to help.

Thanks,

Anubhav

[Syntax_One]

Hi!

Thanks for your reply! This is what I did in the above examples:

But the result isn't good. Even without the halftone:

🤷‍:male_sign:

Thanks!