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- [Voiceover] In this movie,



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I'll show you how to use the Gradient Tool



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along with the Gradient Annotator



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in order to modify gradients directly



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inside the document window.



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Alright so this time around we're gonna be



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working on the eye,



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and so I'll go up to the Object menu



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and choose Show All,



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or press CTRL + ALT + 3



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or Command + Option + 3 on a Mac,



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and then I'll Shift-click

on this oval right there



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to deselect it,



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and I'll return to the

Object menu, choose Hide,



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and choose Selection, or press CTRL + 3,



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or Command + 3 on a Mac



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in order to hide the other path outlines.



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Alright now I'm gonna go ahead



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and zoom in on the eye,



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and I'll press CTRL + Y



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or Command + Y on a Mac to

switch to the outline mode,



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so that we can lift these shades of brown



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using of course the Eyedropper tool,



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which you can get either by selecting it



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near the bottom of the tool box,



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or you can just press the i key.



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Alright I'm gonna start off by clicking



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on this dark shade of brown

around the perimeter of the eye,



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and then I'll go over here

to the Swatches panel,



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I'll click on the little page icon



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at the bottom of the panel,



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I'll name this guy Brown 1,



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and turn on the Global checkbox.



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And I'll just go ahead and finesse



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the HSB values right away here.



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I'll take the Hue value down to 20,



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and then I'll crank the

Saturation value up to 100%,



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and I'll take the brightness

slide down to 30%,



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and then I'll click OK.



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Alright now you wanna

click in this sort of



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murky shade of brown

near the top of the eye,



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and then having lifted that color,



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click once again on the little page icon



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at the bottom of the Swatches panel,



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call this guy Brown 2,



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turn on the Global checkbox just in case



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you want to make changes later,



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switch over to HSB,



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tab to the Hue value and set it at 30%,



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so we're pretty close right now.



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I'll set the saturation value to 80%



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and I'll take the brightness

value slightly down



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to 40% and then I'll click OK.



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And then finally you

want to click someplace



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toward the center of the eye to lift



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the lighter shade of brown,



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click on the little page icon



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at the bottom of the Swatches panel,



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call this guy Brown 3,



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turn on the Global

checkbox, switch to HSB,



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go ahead and tab to the Hue value



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which should be 30,



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we're awfully close this time.



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We want a saturation value of 85%



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and I'm looking for a

brightness value of 60%



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after which point I will

once again click OK.



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Alright now I'm gonna click

here inside the Swatches panel



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so that I've selected

all 3 shades of brown,



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and I'll go ahead and

drag them and drop them



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into the emoji group.



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Alright now go ahead and press CTRL + Y



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or Command + Y on a Mac to switch back



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to the Preview Mode,



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press the V key to grab

the black arrow tool



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and go ahead and click on

that path to select it.



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Now we most certainly don't want a stroke,



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so I'll go ahead and click

on the second color swatch



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up here in the Control Panel,



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and I'll set it to none,



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I do however want a gradient fill,



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so move over to the Gradient panel,



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make sure the fill is active,



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and then click the down

pointing arrow head



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and once again click White Black



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in order to apply the default gradient.



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Now go ahead and drag the brown 1 swatch



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and drop it onto the black color stop



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over here on the right

hand side of the slider.



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Then grab brown 3 and drop

it on the white color stop,



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and then you can grab brown 2



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and drop it someplace in between



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in order to add a new color stop.



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Now for whatever reason,

that new color stop



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has come in with an opacity of 10%,



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I don't want that, so I'll

go ahead and crank the value



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up to 100% and then I'll

tab to the location value



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and set it to 90%.



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I also want to take this

color stop, the first one,



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and set it's location to 50%



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in order to create this effect here.



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Now that we have a gradient to work with,



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let's see how we can modify



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the fill using the gradient tool.



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Which is located right

here above the Eyedropper,



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and notice that it has

a very easy to remember



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keyboard shortcut of G for Gradient.



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Once you select that tool,



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you're gonna see the

Gradient Annotator here



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inside the document window.



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If you don't see the Annotator,



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which is this white bar that lights up



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as soon as you hover over it,



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then go up to the View menu

and choose this command



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which will appear as

Show Gradient Annotator.



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In any event, I'm gonna

go ahead and Escape out.



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And I want you to see

what we have to work with.



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First of all you can change

the lengths of the gradient



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by dragging this square

right here, the square end,



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if you drag the round end

then you're gonna move



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the gradient inside the shape.



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Then you're gonna move the

gradient inside the shape.



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Another option is to just

drag inside the shape



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in order to draw a new

gradient annotator like so.



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And the circle's gonna represent



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the beginning of the gradient,



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the square is gonna represent the end.



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Notice that if you

hover over the gradient,



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you can also see the color stops,



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and if you double click

on one of those stops,



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then you can select a color,



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and so I can switch to a

different Swatch if I wanted to



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by clicking on the Swatches icon,



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and then selecting a different

Swatch from the list.



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Of course I want to

leave it set to Brown 2,



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so I'll go ahead and switch it back.



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You can also modify the

Opacity and the location



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as you like, after which point,



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just press the Enter key,

or the Return key on a Mac



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to accept your change.



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If you wanna change the

angle of the gradient,



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then go ahead and move your

cursor just beyond the square



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like so, and then drag around

inside the document window.



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Now the reason we're

seeing that dash marquee



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is that it helps you figure

out the length of the gradient



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with respect to the shape.



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But as soon as you release,



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the annotator's gonna switch



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back to that parallel location there.



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And that's because when

you're working with a linear



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gradient as we are,



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you can see type is set

to linear here inside



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the gradient panel.



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Then your Gradient Annotator

always has to run down



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the center of the shape,



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because after all, the

gradient has one and only



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one dimension, it runs

in a single direction,



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and nothing more,



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which means it runs the same

down the center of the shape



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as it does above and below the annotator.



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And so my last bit of

advice is that if you end up



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making kind of a mess of things,



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by dragging this guy

out to a weird location,



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and you generally lose

access to the annotator



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as I've done here,



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then just go ahead and drag

inside the shape once again



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in order to draw a new one.



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And then finally you can constrain



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the angle of your gradient



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to vertical, diagonal or horizontal,



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by pressing and holding the Shift key,



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which you can do while drawing



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a new gradient annotator as well.



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And that's how you work

with the Gradient tool



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as well as the Gradient Annotator,



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both of which allow you

to modify a gradient



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directly inside the document window



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here inside Illustrator.