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- [Voiceover] In this movie,



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I'll show you how to blend



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between entire groups of objects.



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So we're gonna start by

blending this group of circles



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into this one over here

on the right-hand side,



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so the top left one into the top right.



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Then we'll blend the bottom

left into the bottom right group



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and then we'll take this entire top group,



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and blend it into this

entire bottom group,



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in order to create this pattern

of size-changing circles.



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Now, this is one of those

projects we'll be creating



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entirely from scratch so,



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as I'm sure some of you

will be glad to hear,



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there is no exercise file necessary.



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So I'm gonna start by

going up to the file menu,



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and choosing new from template or,



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you can press control shift N,



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or command shift N, on the Mac.



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And then, I'll go ahead and load



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my center guides document.



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And now, go ahead and

select the ellipse tool



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from the shape tool fly-out menu which,



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if you went ahead and

changed your shortcuts



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back in chapter 11 along with me,



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now has a shortcut of shift M.



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Alright, now what you wanna do,



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is click any 'ol place



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in the upper left region

of the document window,



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to bring up the ellipse dialogue box.



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And I'm gonna change both

the width and height values,



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to 70 points,



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and then click okay.



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Alright, now go ahead and

click in the word transform



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on the left side of the control panel,



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and I want you to make sure

the center point is selected



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inside that reference point matrix.



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And now, change the X value to 70,



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and change the Y value to 70 as well.



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So every one of these

values, X, Y, W, and H,



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are 70 points.



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At which point, you can

press the enter key,



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or the return key on a

Mac, to accept that change.



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Now, go ahead and change the stroke,



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that is, the second swatch here,



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to none.



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And then click on the first swatch,



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and select this light shade of green,



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that begins with R-217,



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which is one of the default swatches



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associated with the basic RGB document.



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Alright, now you wanna

switch to the scale tool,



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which of course you can

get by pressing the S key,



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and then press the enter key,

or the return key on the Mac,



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to bring up the scale dialog box,



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and change the uniform value to 90%,



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and then click the copy button,



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or you can press alt enter here on the PC,



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or option return on the Mac.



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Alright, now let's change the fill



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associated with this guy, to white.



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It's just gonna be the

easiest way to work,



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as opposed to creating a compound path,



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that is to say.



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Now, press the enter

key or the return again,



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to revisit the scale dialogue box.



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Change the uniform value to 68,



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and either click copy, or press alt enter,



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or option return on the Mac.



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And now let's once again, change the fill



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to that very light shade of green



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that begins R equals 217.



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Alright, now press and

hold the control key,



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or the command key on the Mac,



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in order to get the last used arrow tool,



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which, in my case, is the black arrow,



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and click on that outer-most circle.



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It's very important you click

on the outer-most circle,



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and not one of the other ones,



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in order to select the very

first circle we created.



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Now, click on the word

transform once again,



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up here in the control panel,



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and I want you to change the X value to



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1,008



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minus 70.



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Don't press anything yet,

just make sure you've entered



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1,008, which is the

width of the art board,



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minus 70, and then press alt enter,



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or option return on the Mac,



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in order to make a copy of that circle.



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And I'm just gonna reset my zoom here,



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by pressing control zero,

or command zero on the Mac,



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so the circle isn't quite

so close to the edge.



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Alright, now I'm gonna change the fill



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to the next shade of green,



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which begins R equals 140.



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Alright, now that I've

released the control key,



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or the command key on the Mac,



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I'm back to the scale tool.



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And so I'll press the enter key,



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or the return key on the Mac,



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to bring up the scale dialogue box.



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We wanna take the uniform value this time,



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down to 50%, and click the copy button.



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Now let's change the fill

of that shape to white.



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And then press enter or return again,



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to revisit the scale dialogue box.



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Change the uniform value to 62%,



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and click the copy button.



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And, if you're wondering

where I got these values,



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totally trial and error.



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I just came up with something

that I thought looked good.



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Alright, now I'll click

on the fill swatch,



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and change it to that shade of green



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that begins R equals 140.



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Alright, now I'm gonna press

and hold the control key,



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or the command key on the Mac,



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in order to temporarily

get my black arrow tool.



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And I'll click on this

outer-most circle to select it.



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And then I'll click on the

word transform once again,



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for bringing up the transform panel,



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and I'll change the Y value this time,



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you don't need to worry about the X value.



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Change it to 672



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minus 70,



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and don't press the enter

key, instead press alt enter,



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or option return on the Mac,



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in order to create a copy of that shape,



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and let's change its fill



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to the next darker shade of green,



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which begins R equals 57.



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With the scale tool still active,



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press the enter key, or

the return key on the Mac,



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to bring up the scale dialogue box,



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and take the uniform

value down to just 20%,



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and click on the copy button,



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and I'm gonna change its fill to white,



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and then you wanna press the enter key,



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or the return key to visit

the scale dialogue box



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for the last time.



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Change that uniform value to 36%,



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and then click on the copy button.



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You can barely see the thing any more,



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but still, we wanna change the fill to



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that shade of green

that begins R equals 57.



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Alright, now



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go ahead and press the escape

key to hide that panel,



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and press the V key to switch

back to the black arrow tool,



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and marquee these three

shapes to select 'em.



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And then, click on the

word transform once again,



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up here in the control panel.



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And with that center point selected,



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you wanna change the X

value to just 70, that's it.



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And then press alt enter,

or option return on the Mac,



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in order to make a copy

of those shapes over here,



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in the upper left corner of the art board.



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Alright, now click transform again,



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in order to revisit this panel,



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and change the Y Value to 672 minus 70,



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but this time you don't

have to press alt or option.



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Just press the enter key here on the PC,



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or the return key on the Mac,



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in order to move this guy,



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to the bottom left corner.



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Alright, now we need to group everybody,



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but independently.



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So, with these guys selected,



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I'll go up to the object menu,



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and choose the group command.



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Or you can press control

G, or command G on the Mac,



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which is what I'm gonna

do from this point on.



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I'll partially marquee these guys,



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and press control G, or

command G on the Mac,



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partially marquee these guys,



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press control or command G,



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and partially marquee these guys,



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and press control or command G.



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Alright, now it's time to blend,



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so go ahead and click on this group,



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and shift click on this one,



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and go up to the object menu,



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choose blend, and choose make,



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or you have that keyboard

shortcut of control alt B,



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or command option B on the Mac.



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Now, by default illustrator's

tryin to pack in



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just one too many circles.



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I'll come back to that in a moment.



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Right after I get done

marquee-ing these two guys,



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and then pressing control alt B,



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or command option B on the Mac,



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in order to blend them.



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Alright, now shift click on the top blend,



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so that both blends are selected,



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and then go up to the objects menu,



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choose blend, and choose blend options.



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And you wanna go ahead and

change your spacing setting to



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specified steps.



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Then turn on the preview check box,



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so you can see what happens on screen.



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Click in this value that now reads 11,



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and press the down arrow

key, to take it down to 10.



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At which point, that looks great to me,



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so go ahead and click okay

to accept that change.



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Now, it'd be great, if I could blend



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this blend with this one,



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by going up to the object menu,



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choosing blend, and choosing make.



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But, that's just going to

connect the two blends,



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as we're seeing right here.



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And so, what I have to do



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is expand the blends

before I re-blend them.



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And to make that occur,



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go ahead and press control

Z, or command Z on the Mac,



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to undo that last blend,



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and then go up to the object menu,



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and choose expand.



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And that'll bring up a dialogue box,



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asking you what it is you want to expand,



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namely the objects, and the fills,



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which is exactly what you want.



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So, with those two check boxes on,



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just go ahead and click okay,



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in order to accept that result.



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And now, if you click off the shapes,



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and then click on this guy,



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you should see that is one group upstairs,



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and then we've got

another group down below.



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Alright, so



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go ahead and select 'em both,



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by clicking on one,

shift-clicking on the other,



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and then go to the object menu,



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choose blend, and choose make,



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or press control alt B or

command option B on the Mac,



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to make this blend right here.



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That's too many circles once again,



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so return to the object menu,



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choose blend, and choose blend options.



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Switch to specified steps,

turn on the preview check box,



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click in that value that reads seven,



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and press the down arrow

key to take it down to six,



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and then click okay.



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Alright, at this point it struck me,



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that the vertical spacing

is a little bit tight.



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And so the easiest way to edit this blend,



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is to double click on it,



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in order to enter the isolation mode.



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And go ahead and click on

the top group right there,



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and press shift up arrow,



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in order to raise it 10 points.



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Then click on the bottom group,



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and press shift down arrow,

to lower it 10 points.



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And then just go ahead

and press the escape key,



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in order to exit the isolation mode,



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click off the objects to de-select 'em,



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and turn off the guides layer,



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which frankly, we never even

needed in the first place.



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And that is how you blend

between groups of objects,



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and then blend between groups of groups,



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to produce a mostly dynamic pattern



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of size-changing circles,



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here inside illustrator.