November 2010
512 pages
20h 32m
English
Content preview from Adobe Illustrator CS5 One-on-One
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Feather. Select the rear white Stroke (the one you’ve been work-
ing on) to reactivate it. Then choose Effect→Stylize→Feather.
(For once, there is no shortcut.) Change the Feather Radius
value to 2 points and turn on the Preview check box. The circles
produce a slight, diaphanous glow, like those in Figure 10-59.
Click OK to accept your change.
21. Duplicate the glowing circles. In this step, I want to increase
the density of the feathered white circles and reduce their opac-
ity. Here’s how:
•
Click the fi nal Stroke item in the Appearance panel to keep it
active. Then choose Effect→Distort & Transform→Transform
or press my shortcut, Ctrl+E (-E).
• Change the Rotate Angle value to 90 degrees.
• Increase the Copies value to 1, and turn on the Preview
check box. Illustrator doubles the number of feathered
circles in the artwork.
•
Click the OK button to close the dialog box and apply
your changes.
Figure 10-59 .
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Lesson 10: The Amazing World of Dynamic Effects
•
Shift your attention to the middle region of the control panel
and reduce the Opacity value to 70 percent.
The slightly blurred, dare-I-say ghostly strokes appear on the
right side of Figure 10-60.
22. Add a blurry fi ll. I really like that intersection of purple lines
in the center of the artboard, but I’m fi nding it distract ...
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