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Illustrator’s oldest dynamic functions

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Illustrator’s oldest dynamic functions

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- This chapter covers two great topics that work great together, object blends and clipping masks. And despite the fact that Adobe introduced both features in 1988, the same year I wrote my first book on Illustrator, object blends and clipping mask continue to rank among this program's most powerful and flexible capabilities. An object blend is a kind of connective tissue that Illustrator draws between two or more paths outlines. Illustrator uses what it calls steps to create sequential intervals that blend both color and contour. The upshot is that you can use object blends to create altogether custom gradients, great for expressing reflective highlights as well as rough color transitions, as we're seeing here in this cartoon grass. You can also incrementally morph one path into another, allowing you to create transitional patterns and other dazzling visual effects. Clipping masks are conceptually simpler, but no more…

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