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Hello,
How do I make this old style of gradient/grain background in illustrator?
And does anyone know what angle they are using for the stroke?
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You can do it in illustrator as in the examples below. In the image on the left I converted the type to outlines, selected all and went through Effect>Artistic>Film Grain. With it still selected I then went through Effect>Blur>Gaussian Blur and applied 2.6 pixels of blur. In the image on the right I went through Effect>Texture>Grain. I then applied the same amount of Gaussian Blur.
You can also try opening the Illustrator file as a Smart Object in Photoshop. In the example below I first went through Filter>Noise and added 7.16% Uniform noise. I then added .5 pixels of Gaussian Blur (Filter>Blur>assign Blur).
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Thank you, very helpful!
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Happy to help.
EDIT: I just noticed that the last part of my original post had the dreaded "Spell-Correct" applied. It should say (Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur).
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If you mean the blinds in the background.
Draw single horizontal stroke,
increase the stroke width and assign no fill.
Give the stroke a gradient.
Double click on the gradient tool and choose Gradient across a path.
Alter the gradient stops to suit.
Eg jn this YouTube video
Gradient Stroke Options in Illustrator | 2 Minute Tutorial - YouTube
Or if you want shadow behind the text
Effect - Drop shadow.