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Illustrator Gradient Help

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shintastic48
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So i'm working on a drawing for my Digital Image design class and I need some help with gradients. I currently have this and don't know how to make a certain gradient. I'm using a Linear gradient at the moment to give the jump and rollover pop. The problem is on the jump I need the gradient of the off white to be on the left and right side along with the top, and the left and the right side off white need to fade into the rollover behind it. Does anyone have any ideas how I could accomplish this? I'm not done with this, obviously, so any suggestions would be sick. I'm pretty open minded.

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Jan 6 2010 10:16AM
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freeskibum82
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look into making that all one vector object and then applying a "Gradient Mesh" to it and go from there.
Jan 6 2010 10:18AM
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shintastic48
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What in blazez is a gradient mesh?
Jan 6 2010 10:19AM
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freeskibum82
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http://www.vectordiary.com/illustrator/amazing-gradient-mesh-tutorials/
Jan 6 2010 4:27PM
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DrZoidberg
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Gradient mesh probably will work, I never use those and so don't know much about it.

I'm guessing you know about the gradient tool, it looks like a gradient (duh), that may help. Also consider making the ramp out of more than one object. Opposing gradients can create depth.
Jan 7 2010 3:41PM
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shintastic48
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Are these hard to do? I can't even find a single thing about this in illustrator. And many of the online tutorials are very very confusing.
Jan 8 2010 11:27AM
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Blandct
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just looks at similar vector scenes that have snow and how they accomplish their shading...

now select the object and go to "object" at the top and then select create gradient mesh
then it will create a grid on your shape then use the direct selection tool on individual points and give it a color.

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use the mesh tool and anywhere you click it will add a point and create the grid off of that then use the direct selection tool to select it and change the color
Jan 8 2010 11:49AM
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