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- [Voiceover] Alright now every one



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of the blending functions

we've seen so far



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allows you to dynamically blend shapes



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as well as their fill

and stroke attributes.



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But there's another

function that allows you



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to blend the colors

entirely by themselves,



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and it does so as a static modification.



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And we're gonna use that feature



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in order to convert

this green color scheme



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into this warmer scheme right here.



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Alright, so, the first thing we need to do



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is change the extreme shapes.



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That is, the circles

located in the corners.



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And to be able to do that,

I'm gonna have to switch



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to the white arrow tool, which of course



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you can get by pressing the 'A' key.



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And then I'll alt or

option click on the outline



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of this biggest circle,

in the top left corner.



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And then you want to click on the



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'select similar objects' icon,



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on the right side of the control panel.



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And if that doesn't quite do the trick,



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just make sure that this

pop-up menu is set to 'all'.



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Alright, so I'll go ahead

and click on that icon.



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In order to select both of

the light green circles,



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what we're trying to avoid here



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is selecting the white circle in between.



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And now I'm gonna change the fill color



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from this bright green to RGB yellow.



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And notice by the way that

this first column of circles



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is starting to update automatically,



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and that's because they're

part of a dynamic blend.



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Whereas the central circles

up in the top and bottom rows



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are just static path outlines.



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So they are not going to update.



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Alright, now you want to

click in this outer circle



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in the top right corner,

and then click on the



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'select similar objects' icon again.



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This time you'll select four circles:



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the two in the top right corner,



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and the two in the bottom left corner.



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Now, go ahead and bring

up the fill swatches



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and select the shade of

orange that begins R=251



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in order to produce this effect here.



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And again, the first column updates,



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so does the last column,



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but the ones in between remain unchanged.



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Alright, finally, go ahead and click



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in this big green circle

in the bottom right corner,



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and again click that 'select

similar objects' icon.



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And this time, let's change the fill



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to the shade of red right

there that begins R=237



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in order to update that

final column like so.



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Alright, now we need to

update the columns in between,



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and you can do that by

pressing the alt key,



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or the option key on a Mac,



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and I want you to draw a long,

but very shallow selection.



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You don't want to go into the

white circles, in other words.



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You just want to capture

the outermost circles,



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so you're going to have to create



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a very small marquee

indeed in order to select



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all of these top circles like so.



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Then, go up to the edit

menu, choose 'edit colors',



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and choose 'blend horizontally'

in order to update



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those static path outlines in between,



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which begins to update

the circles in the center



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because they're part of the dynamic blend.



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Alright, now let's go

down to the bottom here,



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and again press the alt key,

or the option key on a Mac,



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so you see a little plus sign



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next to your cursor, and drag like so.



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This time your marquee can

be a little bit taller,



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'cause you have more room to work.



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But you want to select all those



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outermost circles in the bottom row.



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And then, again go to the edit menu,



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choose 'edit colors', and

choose 'blend horizontally'



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in order to update all

those outermost circles.



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Alright, now we need to

select the inner circles,



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which is a little bit painful by the way,



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because we're going to have

to do a lot of clicking.



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So, click in that yellow

circle, then press the shift key



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and click in each one of the other ones.



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And I wish I could tell you

there's and easier way to work,



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but there really isn't.



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Just go ahead and shift click inside



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all of those inner circles in

the top row, just the top row.



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Then return to the edit

menu, choose 'edit colors',



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and choose 'blend horizontally'



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in order to update those guys.



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And now, for the really painful part.



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You might as well start over here,



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'cause he's the hardest to select.



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Click on that tiny little guy there,



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and then shift click in

each other other ones,



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and they're getting bigger and bigger



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so that should make for

some easier selecting,



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but make sure you're just

selecting the innermost circles



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and you've got the shift

key down the whole time



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so that you're adding to the selection.



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And then you go to the edit

menu for the final time,



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choose 'edit colors', and

choose 'blend horizontally'



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in order to update all of those circles.



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And then you can click off

of them to de-select them.



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And that is how you blend

colors, and nothing but colors.



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By going to the edit menu,

choosing 'edit colors',



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And in our case we used

'blend horizontally',



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but you also have 'blend vertically'



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if you needed to work on the other axis,



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as well as 'blend front to back'.