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- [Instructor] In this movie,

I'll show you how to work



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with the Dedicated Mesh tool.



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All right, so I've gone ahead

and restored the saved version



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of my artwork.



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So, to get back to where I was,

I'll go up to the View menu



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and choose the Diagram command.



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And then I'll turn off the

Diagram Layer here inside



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the Layers panel.



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And I'll go ahead and click

on my object to select it.



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All right, so we've

seen how you can modify



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individual mesh points

using the Wide Arrow tool.



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So I'll just go ahead and

click on one and drag it



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around here.



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But, let's say I want to go

ahead and move this anchor point



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along a consistent column

line or a consistent row line.



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In that case, I'll go ahead

and undo that movement,



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and I'll zoom in as

well so I can better see



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what I'm doing.



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And I'll drop down to the

Mesh tool, which looks like



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a little mesh, and it has

a keyboard short cut of U.



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And now notice that I can

drag these points around



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once again if I liked, just as I was



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with the Wide Arrow tool.



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Big difference is that I

can't select multiple points



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at the same time.



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So shift clicking on a point

doesn't do you any good.



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However, shift dragging does,

and so I'm going to undo



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that last movement right

there, which requires me



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to press Control Z, or Command

Z on a Mac, a few times



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in a row.



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And then, rather than just

dragging this guy up and down,



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I'll press the Shift key as I drag.



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And notice, with the Shift

key down, that the column line



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is remaining consistent.



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I could just as easily

maintain a consistent row line



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if I want to, it all

depends on the direction



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of my drag.



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So that's the result, by

the way, of shift dragging



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a mesh point using the

Dedicated Mesh tool.



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Notice also that you can drag

the control handles around,



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just as we saw in the previous movie.



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But let's say that you

want to drag all four



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of the control handles at the same time.



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Then, press the Shift key as

you drag those control handles



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and they will move in

lock step with each other.



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Now it's important to

remember that this only works



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with the Mesh tool.



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If you switch back to the

Wide Arrow tool, and you try



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dragging one of these guys

while pressing the Shift key,



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you'll get the usual

behavior where you snap



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the control handle to

the nearest 45 degrees.



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All right, now let's say

you want to add and delete



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mesh points.



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Then, go ahead and switch

back to the Mesh tool,



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and I'll scroll up here.



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And notice that my cursor

has the little plus sign



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next to it.



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And if I click at this

location right here,



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I'm going to add a new mesh

point right at that location



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that is colored with

whatever color was active



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here inside the Color

Panel, or for that matter,



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the Swatches Panel.



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And that's going to be the

color of the last mesh point



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that I was working with,

which is why I'm adding



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a dark blue at this location.



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Also worth noting, because

I clicked in the middle



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of nowhere, I added a new

column as well as a new row.



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So, I'll go ahead and press

Control Z, or Command Z



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on a Mac, so you can see

what's happening here.



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Notice, when I click right

there, I add a new column



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and a new row of lines

to my gradient mesh.



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If you only want to add

a column, then click



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on an existing row.



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If you want to add a new row, then click



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on an existing column.



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All right, now let's say

you want to get rid of a row



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or column, then you press the

Alt key, or the Option key



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on a Mac.



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And then, notice if you hover

over an existing mesh line,



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you'll see a minus sign.



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And so, if I were to Alt

or Option click on a row,



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then I'd get rid of that row.



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If I was to Alt or

Option click on a column,



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then I'd get rid of it.



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And if I were to Alt or

Option click on a point,



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then I will get rid of

the row and the column



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that's associated with that mesh point.



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And again, you can only add

and delete rows, columns,



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and mesh points using

the Dedicated Mesh tool.



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All right, I want to end

with a few tips for changing



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the color of points.



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I'll go ahead and switch over

to the Swatches Panel here.



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And notice, if you have

the entire shape selected,



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and you click on a different

color, then you will change



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the color of every single

mesh point in the shape,



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which is obviously going

to ruin the gradient.



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So I'll press Control Z,

or Command Z on a Mac,



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to undo that change.



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Now, obviously, I can select

an individual mesh point



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like so, and then select a different color



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from the Swatches Panel if I like.



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Or you can drag and drop a swatch.



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So, I'll go ahead and

drag this shade of orange



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right here, and I'll drag it and drop it



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onto this mesh point.



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And even though this

one's selected over here,



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I changed the color of

the deselected point.



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And so, that's just a

function, once again,



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of dragging and dropping.



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You can also drag and drop

a swatch into a mesh patch,



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if you prefer.



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That is to say, the area

between four mesh points.



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All right now, here's a final

way to color a gradient mesh



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that requires that the mesh be deselected.



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And so, I'll go ahead and

press Control Shift A,



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or Command Shift A on a

Mac, to deselect the shape,



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and then I'll select the

Eyedropper tool, which you can get



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by pressing the I key.



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And now, let's say I go

over here to the Color Panel



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and I design a custom

shade of orange, let's say.



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Or maybe I'll go ahead and

make it a kind of brown



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by taking the hue value

down to 30 degrees,



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and you can see we've

got a saturation value



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of 100% and a brightness of 40%.



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And now, as opposed to

clicking with the Eyedropper,



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press the Alt key, or the

Option key on the Mac,



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which is going to flip the

direction of the Eyedropper



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and fill it, as you can see right there.



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And then click someplace

inside the gradient mesh.



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And in my case, I've

gone ahead and filled in



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an entire patch.



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If you want to be more

precise, then press Control Y,



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or Command Y on a Mac, so

that you can see your row



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and column lines.



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And then Alt or Option

click at the intersection



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of a row and a column.



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And now, if I press Control

Y, or Command Y on a Mac,



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you can see that I changed

the color of a specific



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mesh point.



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And that's how you work

with the Dedicated Mesh tool



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as well as how you assign

colors by dragging and dropping



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from the Swatches Panel along

with Alt or Option clicking



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with the Eyedropper tool.