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- [Voiceover] In this movie

we'll lift a few colors



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from the tracing template



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and we'll introduce them into our gradient



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in order to properly

color the emoji's head.



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I'll go ahead and switch over

to my document in progress



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which contains a far

less attractive gradient



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and I'll go up to the Window menu



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and choose the swatches command



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in order to bring up the swatches panel



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which I'll use to house the colors



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that I lift from the template.



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Alright now if we wanna see the template,



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then we need to switch to the outline mode



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which you can do by

going up to the View menu



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and choosing the outline command



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or you've got that keyboard shortcut



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of Control + Y or Command + Y on the Mac.



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Now I'm just gonna go ahead



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and zoom in a little bit



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and I'm gonna switch to

this tool right here,



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the eyedropper tool, which you can get



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by pressing the I key.



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Now generally speaking, the

purpose of the eyedropper



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is to lift fill and stroke attributes.



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What we're gonna be

doing is lifting colors



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from an imported image



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and to have that happen



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with the least amount of frustration.



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You wanna go ahead and press the Enter key



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or the Return key on the Mac



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to bring up the eyedropper

options dialog box.



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And then over here on the left-hand side,



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make sure the appearance

checkbox is turned off.



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In my case it's turned on so I'll go ahead



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and click on it to turn it off,



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in which case it will

automatically twirl open



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and reveal a bunch of other

stuff we don't care about.



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So as long as appearance

is off we're fine.



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Alright, I'll go ahead

and click on the OK button



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to make that change.



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And now I'm gonna click way over here



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on the far right side of the face



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in order to lift a shade of orange.



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Now you wanna be careful, by the way,



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when you're clicking and dragging around,



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that you don't click on the guide,



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because it's very possible



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that you can either lift

black for some reason



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or you can accidentally

lift the color of the guide



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as I've done here.



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Alright, but I want this shade of orange



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so I'll click right there

in order to lift it.



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And then I'll save that

orange as a swatch,



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by dropping down to the little page icon



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at the bottom of the swatches panel



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and clicking on it.



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And I'll just go ahead

and name this guy orange1



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and I'll turn on the global checkbox



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so I can come back and modify this swatch



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in the future and have it

affect the gradient as well.



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You probably wanna leave Add

to My Library turned off.



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By the way, we'll be discussing libraries



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in a future chapter of this very course



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but in the meantime, just

go ahead and click OK.



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Alright now notice that we have



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a kind of intermediate shade of orange



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right about there so

I'll go ahead and click



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in order to lift it.



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And notice this orange

is quite a bit lighter



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so I'll go ahead and save it as well



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by clicking on the color swatch



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calling this guy orange2



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and then turning on the global checkbox



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and clicking OK.



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And then finally, from right about here,



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we have a very bright shade of orange,



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that is almost yellow.



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Notice it right there.



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And it continues all the way to the center



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so there's not much difference



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over the course of the face of the emoji.



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And so just go ahead and click



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right about there in order

to lift a very light orange



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and save it by clicking

on the little page icon,



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naming this guy orange3



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and then turn on the global checkbox



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and click OK.



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Alright, now I wanna give myself

a little more room to work



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so I'm gonna click on jive right there



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and I'm gonna Shift + click

on that gradient swatch,



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the orange gradient, and

I'm gonna alter option click



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on the little trash icon

in the bottom right corner



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of the swatches panel in

order to get rid of those guys



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and because I had the

alter option key down,



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I'm not seeing any warning.



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Alright now you wanna click

on this orange swatch there



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and Shift + click on this guy



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so that all three of em are selected.



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And let's put these guys in a group



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by clicking on the little folder icon



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at the bottom of the swatches panel



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and I'll just call this guy emoji



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and click OK and we now

have three shades of orange



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inside this folder.



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Alright, now let's go

ahead and switch back



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to the preview mode by

again pressing Control + Y



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or Command + Y in a Mac.



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And you can see that I've

totally lost my gradient



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and that's because the object was selected



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as I was lifting colors.



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That doesn't really matter



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because wasn't all that

fond of that gradient



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in the first place.



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But I'll go ahead and revive it



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by clicking on this color ramp right there



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and I'm gonna get rid of

one of these color-stops



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by grabbing it and dragging it

and dropping it away like so.



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And now I'll replace some

of these existing colors



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and you do that by grabbing a swatch,



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so just grab it from the swatches panel



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and drag it and drop it down



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and if you drop it in the middle



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like so, then you'll

create a new color-stop



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or I'll press Control + Z

or Command + Z on the Mac



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to undo that change.



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The other way to work is

to drag and drop the swatch



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and drop it directly onto

an existing color-stop,



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in which case you will replace

that color-stop like so.



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Alright, so I'll go ahead

and replace this guy



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and then I'll grab orange2

and replace the shade of blue



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that obviously I'm not interested in



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and then I'll grab orange3

and drag it and drop it



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onto the very first color-stop like so.



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And notice that our colors are



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becoming progressively lighter



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toward the center of the radial gradient.



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If that isn't the case for you,



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if you moved your colors

into the wrong locations,



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all you have to do is click

on this reverse gradient icon



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in order to reverse

the order of the colors



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and you will reverse the gradient

inside the circle as well



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so that things begin dark and then light,



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which obviously isn't what I want



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so I'll just go ahead and

click reverse gradient again



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in order to swap those color-stops around.



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And so obviously we have a

much more attractive gradient.



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The problem is if I press

Control + Y or Command + Y



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on a Mac, it doesn't really

match the template very well



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and that's because I need

to reposition my color-stops



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as well as apply a few

modifications to the colors.



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And I'll show you exactly

how that process works



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in the very next movie.