today I've got three gradient tip tricks for when you're working adobe
illustrator that you're gonna find really awesome and really needs so
follow along and then these tips and tricks when using gradients in
illustrator
the first gradient trick tip for you all today is an effect that is going to
allow you to make very realistic metal textures within minutes using adobe
illustrator so take the rectangle tool by pressing M on your keyboard
and then generate a rectangle like so then come down here to apply a gradient
overlay you're going to want to use grayscale colors from the color palette
for your gradient today you can click the gradient slider here in the gradient
window to apply multiple color choices
when ready go to effect texture and then use green
ranks begin to add two effects this is the first one use the horizontal setting
and adjust the sliders into you're happy you will notice thin lines that run
across your design and your gradient which does help towards this metal
gradient effect then play a new effect and this time in the tank to the green
setting use contrast II again play when the sliders until you're happy with the
metallic effect now I feel this looks really realistic but let me know what
you guys think about this gradient overlay
the next gradient trick tip in illustrator is pretty neat again take
the rectangle tool by pressing M and then make a rectangle this will work on
every single shape however use a stroke only a new fill and then make sure you
have applied a gradient we're going to make the gradient flow around the stroke
of the shape instead of across it by using this setting in the gradient
window if we now a size the shape and also increase the stroke weights until
the very middle of the shape disappears we can make a shape that has a gradient
going around it in this fashion now this does look really cool find and it's an
awesome gradient trick for you to use in illustrator finally expand the
appearance of the shapes you can resize a manipulator boss the stroke stays the
same
the last gradient trick tip new illustrator is what I've shown here
before but have a little expansion on it so nice actually if you take type and
place over a gradient and then you select both right-click or control-click
and then use a clipping mask this does work but if you type out-of-the-box area
the type will not show
so use the method of selecting the type and then in the Pathfinder window click
the top right flight down menu and create a compound shape
now you comply degrade into the typography text like so and still type
your texts and they were my three awesome gradient trick tips in this
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