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Gradients - Illustrator Tutorial

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It is important to know everything about gradients for the exam because that's something that they really like to ask questions about so in this video we will dive deep into all the features that you can find about gradients in Illustrator. So first of all you will need an object, it could be any object you will be able to apply a gradient on it if you use the gradient tool. So with the gradient tool having the fill color selected which you can do once again with the X key on the keyboard so having the fill on top you will be able to just click on the object to assign the default gradient which would be a linear black and white gradient. Now notice that we get this gradient annotator automatically which can be used to control everything or all aspects of the gradient from the endpoints or color stops to the midpoint which is the transition between the two colors to even the spread or distance of the gradient and even its rotation if I go close to one of these endpoints just slightly…

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