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- [Voiceover] In this movie,

we'll add highlights and



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shadows to our live paint

object using custom gradients.



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Alright, so the first step is to make sure



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the top layer is selected,



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and then click on the fly-out menu icon



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in the top right corner

of the layers panel



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and choose duplicate,

in my case, not Mobius.



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Then, I'll go ahead and

double click on this new layer



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in order to bring up the

layer options dialogue box.



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I'll name this layer gradients,

and I'll change it's color



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to, let's say violet, and click okay.



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Alright, now, go ahead and

turn off the not Mobius layer



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in order to protect it.



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And click anywhere on

the live paint object



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to select the entire thing.



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And then go up to the object

menu and choose expand.



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And at this point it's not

going to do you any good



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to turn on and off the check boxes,



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so just go ahead and click okay.



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Alright, now notice that we've expanded



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our live paint object into a static group



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as we can see over here

on the far left side



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of the control panel.



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And so to break things

up go to the object menu,



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and choose the ungroup command,

or press CTRL + Shift + G



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or Command + Shift + G on the Mac.



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Then click off the path outline,



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and now if you click

on one of the outlines



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and drag it to a different location,



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you'll see that

illustrator's broken strokes



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and fills apart from each other.



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So just go ahead and select those strokes



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and press the backspace key



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or the delete key on the

Mac to get rid of them.



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And then click in one of the fills



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in order to select that group

and press Ctrl + Shift + G



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or Command + Shift + G on the

Mac in order to bust things up



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so all you have is static path outlines,



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as indicated by the word path



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over here in the far left

side of the control panel.



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Alright, now you want to

marquee these bottom paths



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so just partially marquee them



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with a black arrow tool like so,



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and then press the backspace key,



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or the delete key on a

Mac, to get rid of them.



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And then go ahead and marquee



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through these intermediate paths,



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and you want this to be

a very slender marquee,



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so you select just these

two path outlines here.



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Then press the backspace key



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or the delete key on the

Mac to get rid of them.



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And now click on this guy,

this orange wedge right there,



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shift click on the blue wedge,



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and then shift click over about here



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in order to select this

kind of parallelogram.



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And then press the backspace key,



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or the delete key on a Mac, to get rid of



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everything but the path outlines

that you see right here.



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Alright, now we need to unite the big blue



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and orange areas

independently of each other,



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so I'll start things off by

marqueeing the blue shapes,



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and you can see there's just

two paths next to each other.



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Now go up to the window menu,



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and choose the Pathfinder command,



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to bring up the Pathfinder panel.



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And notice this intermediate

anchor point right there,



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that's gonna stick if we

don't change a setting



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by clicking in fly-out menu

icon in the top right corner



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of the Pathfinder panel and

choosing Pathfinder options.



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And I want you to turn on



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the Remove Redundant Points checkbox.



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Which is something you need to do



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even if you've done it before because,



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at least as things stand now,



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these settings are not saved

when you quit the software.



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At which point, go ahead and click okay.



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And then click on the first

icon in the first row,



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to unite these shapes together.



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And notice, now we lose

that redundant anchor point.



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Alright, now go ahead and marquee through



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these orange shapes, and either

click on that icon again,



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or you can press a keyboard shortcut



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that repeats that last

Pathfinder operation Ctrl + 4



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here on the PC or Command + 4 on the Mac.



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Alright, now let's go ahead and marquee



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all these path outlines,

all three of them.



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And fill them with a gradient



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by going up to the window menu



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and choosing the Gradient command,



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which will bring up the Gradient panel.



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Now you want to make sure

that it is fully expanded.



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If it isn't, just go ahead and

click on that double arrow,



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there in the gradient tab.



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And then make sure the fill is active,



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and go ahead and click

on the gradient slider,



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in order to apply a default gradient.



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Now this doesn't happen to be



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the gradient we're looking for.



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Notice if I double click

on this black color stop,



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I'll see that I have a k value of 100%,



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which is what's known as a weak black.



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In other words, we have black ink,



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but we don't have any other inks mixed in.



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And so what we need to do, is replace it



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with a rich black, namely

this RGB black right here,



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by grabbing it, in the swatches panel,



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so make sure you have

your swatches panel open,



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and then drag it and drop

it onto that last swatch.



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Alright, now we're looking

for a very light gray



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that's not quite white,

specifically this final swatch



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in the grays group



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in which all the RGB

values are set to 242.



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Go ahead and grab that guy

and drag him and drop him to



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approximately this location.



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And I came up with these

settings through trial and error.



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And now I'm going to change

the location value to 75%.



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Alright, now I'm going to

add another dark swatch,



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that's not quite black,

specifically this guy,



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in which all the values are set to 51.



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Go ahead and drag it and drop

it to about this location,



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and then change the location value to 35%.



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And now, I want to make

this first color stop,



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the one on the left side

of the gradient slider,



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I want to make it a very dark gray



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by grabbing this guy, in which

all the values are set to 26,



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and dragging it and dropping

it into this location.



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And now we need to create



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a little bit of brightness in between.



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So press the Alt key, or

the Option key on the Mac,



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and drag this light color stop

over to a location of 10%,



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which you're probably

going to have to dial in.



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And thanks to the fact

you pressed the Alt key,



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or the Option key on a Mac,



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you went ahead and made a

copy of that color stop.



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Alright, now we need to figure

out the angle of our gradient



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and I did that using the line tool.



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So go ahead and grab

the line segment tool,



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and then go up to the view menu,



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and make sure Smart Guides are turned on,



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in my case they aren't.



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So I'll go ahead and choose the command.



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And now I'll go ahead and drag

along this edge right here,



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from the bottom left anchor

point, to the top left.



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And notice, I can see

in my heads up display,



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that the angle of this line

is exactly 120 degrees.



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Alright, now press Ctrl + Z,

or Command + Z on the Mac,



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in order to undo that line, and

with all the paths selected,



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I'll go ahead and select this angle value,



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here inside the gradient panel,



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then I'll set it to 120 minus 90.



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120 because that was

the angle of this edge,



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minus 90 because



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that will give me a

perpendicular direction.



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At which point I will press the enter key,



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or the return key on the

Mac to invoke that change.



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Alright, now I want the

gradient to flow continuously



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between these two lower paths,



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so I'll press the V key to switch back



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to my black arrow tool,



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and I'll marquee these two paths like so.



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And then I'll go up to the object menu,



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choose Compound Path, and choose Make.



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Or you can press Ctrl + 8,

or Command + 8 on the Mac,



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to turn them into a single path outline,



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so the gradient flows smoothly

between the two sub paths.



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Alright, now go ahead and

marquee all the path outlines,



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and turn on the guides layer



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down here at the bottom

of the layers panel,



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so that we can see those center guides.



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And then, go ahead and

select the Rotate tool,



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which you can get by pressing the R key.



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And you want to position your cursor



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over the intersection of

those two center guides.



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And then press the Alt key,

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and click in order to bring

up the rotate dialogue box.



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And we'll once again set this

value to 360 divided by 3,



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so 360/3, then press the Tab key



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and turn on the preview check box



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to make sure everything

looks the way it should,



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which would be easier to tell



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if we could see the live paint

object in the background, but



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you can take it from me, that

this is going to work fine.



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At which point I'll click

copy, or press Alt + enter,



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or Option + return on the Mac,



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and notice how things fit

together like a jigsaw.



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Alright, now I'll duplicate

another set of paths



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by pressing Ctrl + D, or

Command + D on the Mac.



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And we end up with this effect here.



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And now what you want to do



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is hide the guide's layer,



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and turn on the not Mobius layer,



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so that you can ostensibly see

through the gradients to it,



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but in order to make things work properly,



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we are going to need to assign



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a blend mode to the entire layer.



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So go ahead and target the layer,



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by clicking in its circular meatball,



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so you're seeing a double circle target,



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and then click on the word Opacity,



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up here in the control panel.



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Then click normal to bring

up blend mode fly-up menu.



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And this time we're going

to want to change the mode



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to hard light in order to

create this effect right here.



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Alright, now you can press the ESC key,



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in order to hide that panel.



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Alright, now at this point we

no longer need the strokes.



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And the easiest way to

get to those strokes



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on the not Mobius layer,



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is to lock down the gradients layer,



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by clicking in its second column.



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And then press the V key to switch back



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to your black arrow tool.



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Click inside the artwork to

select the live paint object,



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and you can tell that's

what it is by the words



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live paint over here in the far left side



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of the control panel.



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At which point, go ahead and click



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on this second color swatch,

which represents the stroke,



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and change it to none.



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And then, go ahead and

click off your artwork



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to deselect it.



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And that's how you shade

your live paint object



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using a handful of path outlines



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filled custom gradients,



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relegated to an independent layer,



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set to the hard light blend

mode here inside Illustrator.