- Photo Inside of Type
- Start with a Font
- Mapping Made Easy
- Find Your Favorite Logo?
- Change Star Shape, Part One
- Change Star Shape, Part Two
- Send Up a Flare
- Permanent Pathfinder
- Spray On, Spray Off
- Years in Graph Data
- Thats Out of One Hundred
- Edit Graph Designs
- Sliding Graph Designs
- Drag-and-Drop Instead of Copy-and-Paste
- Change Tool Settings on the Fly
- Make Your Own Spirograph
- Convert to Shape
- Let the Blend Tool Do the Math
- More Blending
- Yet More Blending
- Bend the Blend
- Shapes Around a Circle
- Change the Blend
- Outline Stroke
- Live Trace Not Working How Youd Like? Try This
- Is Live Trace Still Not Working How Youd Like? Take It a Step Further
- Viewing Reference Photos When Using the Mesh Tool
- Gradient Brushes
- Divide Objects Below
- Change Grids on the Fly
- Live Interlocking Objects
- Live Interlocking Objects, Part 2
- Creating Wireframes
- Add to a Shape to Create a Shape
- Move Points as You Draw
- Auto Add/Delete Getting in Your Way
- Multiple Objects as a Mask
- Round Those Corners
- Same Width and Height
- Changing Arcs
- Close a Path Automatically
- Preserve Brush Stroke Options
- Disable Auto Add/Delete
- Split into Grid
- The Perfect Star
- Target Practice
- Opacity Masks
- Vintage Texture Effect
Gradient Brushes
You can make gradients follow a path by making an art brush. Start by making a rectangle with the Rectangle tool (M) and change the fill to Gradient (the center thumbnail near the bottom of the Toolbox under the Fill and Stroke thumbnails). Use the Gradient and Color palettes (under the Window menu) to change the color and style of the gradient. (To add additional color stops, Option-click on a stop and drag it sideways.) From the Object menu, choose Expand. In the dialog, change the number of objects—the number you use will depend on the final use of the artwork, screen versus print. Make sure that no banding is visible once you’ve expanded the gradient, meaning there are no lines visible in the gradient. If there is banding, you’ll have to undo (Command-Z [PC: Control-Z]) and try a higher number. Then in the Layers palette (found under the Window menu), scroll down the layer information until you see the object’s clipping path and drag it to the palette’s Trash icon. With the expanded gradient still selected, from the Brushes palette’s flyout menu choose New Brush and select New Art Brush. Give your brush a name and select other options, such as direction and size. Now you have a gradient brush that you can apply to any path.