Tint bands

[Alstonquik9]

Is it possible in Illustrator CS6 or CC to produce tint bands such as those shown in the attached map, please?

[barbara_a · Accepted solution]

Not sure exactly what is meant by "tint bands", but if the map already has a relief texture into it, you could draw shapes over the countries on the map and fill them with a solid color that is set to a blend mode in the transparency panel. The best blend mode would depend on whether the file is CMYK or RBG. Multiply mode instead of Normal mode would probably work well.  Then to add the deeper color along the edges of the countries on the map an Effect > Stylize > Inner Glow of a deeper color could be used with Normal mode.

[Alstonquik9]

Thank you. This provides a solution.

[barbara_a]

Glad that helped! Go ahead and mark as correct so that others will know that your question has been answered.

[Mike_Gondek]

Yes please choose an answer as correct so everyone knows your question has been answered.

[Alstonquik9]

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[Mike_Gondek]

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