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Hello,
I have one letter..The Letter O - It has been outlined.
I would love to have a gradient that starts dark in the center and works its way out to white/transparent.
I have tried a few things, but nothing seems to give the natural feel. The dark would have to be completely around the inner part and grow outward.
Here is the letter for example: Start letter and my failed attempt.
Any help would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Babs
iBabs,
As I (mis)understand it, you may:
1) Release the Compound Path,
2) Set the inner path to black stroke/no fill and set the outer path to white stroke/no fill,
3) Object>Blend>Blend Options, set Spacing to Smooth Color and Orientation to Align to Path (unnecessary, but I prefer it (also to meet later possible requirements)),
4) Object>Blend>Make.
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iBabs,
As I (mis)understand it, you may:
1) Release the Compound Path,
2) Set the inner path to black stroke/no fill and set the outer path to white stroke/no fill,
3) Object>Blend>Blend Options, set Spacing to Smooth Color and Orientation to Align to Path (unnecessary, but I prefer it (also to meet later possible requirements)),
4) Object>Blend>Make.
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HI Jacob,
The blend was exactly what I was looking for. Here is the result.
Thank you! Had a brain freeze
Cheers,
Babs
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HI All,
So everything was going well, until I got the the letter B...the 2 compound holes are making a mess of the effect, if I can get anything to work at all. I had some success trying to use specified steps and play with a value of like 500 etc., but wondering if I missing anything. I have tried tome the 2 holes act like one object, through grouping, but it still gets wacky. I also tried playin with the pathfinder for those two-but still quite challenged.
I tried to attach my .ai file, but it was not an acceptable format, so here is a .png.... any additional thoughts when there are 2 cut out paths in the letter?
Thank you!!
babs
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Babs,
Here is a way with a Blend like on the O, after splitting the B (Helvetica), the white line to the left being made with the Line (Segment) Tool to cut (Object>Path>Divide Objects below), then making the blends between each set of uncompounded inner and outer path as stroke/nofill paths:
It may be different from what you want, but otherwise there is some decision about how you want the bit between the counters.
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Hi Jacob,
Thank you.. I ended up cutting it and playing a bit with the pathfinder and got a result that looks exactly like this. I figured there was no way other than to cut it. The center effect was what I was trying to remove, but found no way to make the two holes act as one.
This confirms what I suspected, but figured I had nothing to lose by reaching out!
thanks so much for ALL your help!!!
babs
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You are welcome, Babs.
There are often different ways.
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Try making the gradient slightly more oval.
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Hi Monika,
Thank you!! The blend was the thing I was looking for, but I did play more with the gradient as you suggested and it did closer
Thanks so much!
babs
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Are you trying to produce this effect ?
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Hi JB,
Thanks, the blend was the tool I needed, you can see the results I posted .
Thank you for taking the time to reach out!
babs
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You are welcome, babs.
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Excellent solution indeed