1 00:00:00.06 --> 00:00:02.01 - [Deke] In this movie, we're going to add some colors 2 00:00:02.01 --> 00:00:03.03 to our mesh points 3 00:00:03.03 --> 00:00:05.02 and I'll also show you how to sharpen 4 00:00:05.02 --> 00:00:07.08 and smooth color transitions inside 5 00:00:07.08 --> 00:00:10.01 of a Gradient Mesh object. 6 00:00:10.01 --> 00:00:11.07 Now, we're going to be changing the colors 7 00:00:11.07 --> 00:00:13.05 of an awful lot of mesh points here, 8 00:00:13.05 --> 00:00:15.06 which is why I've created this diagram 9 00:00:15.06 --> 00:00:17.05 here inside Photoshop, 10 00:00:17.05 --> 00:00:19.00 just the easiest way to work, 11 00:00:19.00 --> 00:00:20.09 and so any place where you see a one, 12 00:00:20.09 --> 00:00:23.04 that means that the mesh point is colored with Blue 1, 13 00:00:23.04 --> 00:00:25.04 as is already the case, by the way, 14 00:00:25.04 --> 00:00:27.02 because the original path outline was filled 15 00:00:27.02 --> 00:00:28.02 with that color. 16 00:00:28.02 --> 00:00:31.02 Two indicates Blue 2, three is Blue 3, 17 00:00:31.02 --> 00:00:33.02 four is the Bright Blue 4, 18 00:00:33.02 --> 00:00:36.03 and then W, the three Ws that appear 19 00:00:36.03 --> 00:00:38.06 inside this diagram are White, 20 00:00:38.06 --> 00:00:40.04 and so I'm just providing this in case you need 21 00:00:40.04 --> 00:00:42.00 to come back to it. 22 00:00:42.00 --> 00:00:44.08 So, I'll go ahead and switch back to Illustrator here, 23 00:00:44.08 --> 00:00:47.05 and I'm going to zoom out just a little bit 24 00:00:47.05 --> 00:00:49.08 so I can better see what I'm doing. 25 00:00:49.08 --> 00:00:51.06 And I'll press the A key to switch 26 00:00:51.06 --> 00:00:52.09 to the White Arrow tool 27 00:00:52.09 --> 00:00:55.05 because that'll allow me to select multiple points, 28 00:00:55.05 --> 00:00:57.02 and I'll click on this guy 29 00:00:57.02 --> 00:00:58.06 and I'll Shift+click on this one 30 00:00:58.06 --> 00:01:00.07 and then I'll also Shift+click on this guy, 31 00:01:00.07 --> 00:01:02.09 which is in the next row up, 32 00:01:02.09 --> 00:01:04.08 and I'll Shift+click on the points 33 00:01:04.08 --> 00:01:07.01 along this row line right here, 34 00:01:07.01 --> 00:01:10.01 so I'll select this guy as well. 35 00:01:10.01 --> 00:01:11.06 So, that's clicking and Shift+clicking 36 00:01:11.06 --> 00:01:12.09 with the White Arrow tool, 37 00:01:12.09 --> 00:01:14.04 it's not going to work with a Mesh tool. 38 00:01:14.04 --> 00:01:16.04 Then, make sure your Fill is selected here 39 00:01:16.04 --> 00:01:18.02 inside the Swatches panel 40 00:01:18.02 --> 00:01:20.09 and go ahead and select Blue 2. 41 00:01:20.09 --> 00:01:22.09 And if you want to get a sense for what that looks like, 42 00:01:22.09 --> 00:01:26.02 you can press Ctrl+h, or Command+h on a Mac, 43 00:01:26.02 --> 00:01:28.00 in order to hide those selection edges, 44 00:01:28.00 --> 00:01:31.06 at which point, I can see that as usual I've lost my Stroke. 45 00:01:31.06 --> 00:01:33.08 And so here, inside the Appearance panel, 46 00:01:33.08 --> 00:01:35.09 which of course you can get by going to the Window menu 47 00:01:35.09 --> 00:01:38.00 and choosing the Appearance command, 48 00:01:38.00 --> 00:01:40.00 I'm going to select that entire object 49 00:01:40.00 --> 00:01:42.04 by double-clicking on it, but that doesn't work, 50 00:01:42.04 --> 00:01:45.02 so I'm going to press Ctrl+h or Command+h again 51 00:01:45.02 --> 00:01:47.03 in order to bring back my selection edges. 52 00:01:47.03 --> 00:01:48.07 I'll press the V key to switch 53 00:01:48.07 --> 00:01:50.00 to my Black Arrow tool 54 00:01:50.00 --> 00:01:51.07 and I'll click anywhere on the path outline 55 00:01:51.07 --> 00:01:53.03 to select the whole thing, 56 00:01:53.03 --> 00:01:55.03 at which point we see the word Mesh, 57 00:01:55.03 --> 00:01:56.04 which is what I want. 58 00:01:56.04 --> 00:01:57.05 Then I'll go ahead and drop down 59 00:01:57.05 --> 00:02:00.02 to the Add New Stroke icon in the bottom left corner 60 00:02:00.02 --> 00:02:01.03 of the panel. 61 00:02:01.03 --> 00:02:03.04 It's set to one point by default, which is great, 62 00:02:03.04 --> 00:02:04.05 color's a weak Black, 63 00:02:04.05 --> 00:02:08.01 I want it to be a nice, rich, arch B Black. 64 00:02:08.01 --> 00:02:09.01 And now you can see, 65 00:02:09.01 --> 00:02:11.06 if I press Ctrl+h, or Command+h on a Mac, 66 00:02:11.06 --> 00:02:15.05 that I have indeed restored that Stroke. 67 00:02:15.05 --> 00:02:17.07 I'll press Ctrl+h, or Command+h on a Mac, 68 00:02:17.07 --> 00:02:20.00 in order to bring back my selection edges 69 00:02:20.00 --> 00:02:21.05 so I can see what I'm doing 70 00:02:21.05 --> 00:02:22.07 and then I'll zoom way in here 71 00:02:22.07 --> 00:02:24.00 and I'll press the A key to switch 72 00:02:24.00 --> 00:02:25.03 to my White Arrow tool. 73 00:02:25.03 --> 00:02:26.07 I'll select this point right there, 74 00:02:26.07 --> 00:02:28.08 not the bottom right point but the one above it, 75 00:02:28.08 --> 00:02:31.02 and I'll select a Fill once again in the Swatches panel, 76 00:02:31.02 --> 00:02:33.07 and I'll change it to Blue 2 77 00:02:33.07 --> 00:02:36.07 and then I'll select the point above it right there, 78 00:02:36.07 --> 00:02:39.01 and I'll change it to Blue 3. 79 00:02:39.01 --> 00:02:40.08 And this is all subjective, by the way, 80 00:02:40.08 --> 00:02:43.06 I just came up with these colors through trial and error. 81 00:02:43.06 --> 00:02:47.00 And now I'll select this mesh point right there, 82 00:02:47.00 --> 00:02:49.07 which is two rows up from where I was before, 83 00:02:49.07 --> 00:02:51.08 so counting from the bottom right point, 84 00:02:51.08 --> 00:02:54.04 it's one, two, three, four points upward, 85 00:02:54.04 --> 00:02:56.01 and I'll change it to White 86 00:02:56.01 --> 00:02:58.06 in order to create this very bright transition. 87 00:02:58.06 --> 00:03:00.06 Now, I want it to be sharper as well, 88 00:03:00.06 --> 00:03:02.09 so notice right now, it's pretty smooth, 89 00:03:02.09 --> 00:03:04.03 that is, this transition between 90 00:03:04.03 --> 00:03:06.07 what is ultimately Blue 1 right here. 91 00:03:06.07 --> 00:03:09.08 I'll go ahead and select Blue 1 and White. 92 00:03:09.08 --> 00:03:11.08 What I want is a sharper transition 93 00:03:11.08 --> 00:03:15.01 and so I'm going to select this point right there, 94 00:03:15.01 --> 00:03:18.01 the White point, and I'm going to drag its control handle 95 00:03:18.01 --> 00:03:21.08 downward until I move it past the control handle 96 00:03:21.08 --> 00:03:23.03 for the point below. 97 00:03:23.03 --> 00:03:24.04 And any time you do that, 98 00:03:24.04 --> 00:03:26.05 you're going to get a sharper transition 99 00:03:26.05 --> 00:03:28.01 as we're seeing right here. 100 00:03:28.01 --> 00:03:29.05 Now, you need to be careful 101 00:03:29.05 --> 00:03:32.02 because you don't want to modify the actual path outline, 102 00:03:32.02 --> 00:03:35.00 so just make sure you're dragging in the proper direction. 103 00:03:35.00 --> 00:03:38.02 All right, now we want to select this guy right here 104 00:03:38.02 --> 00:03:40.07 and notice that his control handle comes out too far 105 00:03:40.07 --> 00:03:43.06 so I'm going to drag it back, like so, 106 00:03:43.06 --> 00:03:45.07 and you also want to Shift+click on this mesh point 107 00:03:45.07 --> 00:03:48.05 and change them both to Blue 3 108 00:03:48.05 --> 00:03:51.04 in order to add a little bounce of brightness there. 109 00:03:51.04 --> 00:03:54.00 And now, I'll select these two points, 110 00:03:54.00 --> 00:03:55.05 the two in the top row, 111 00:03:55.05 --> 00:03:57.04 where they intersect with the first 112 00:03:57.04 --> 00:03:58.09 and second columns right here, 113 00:03:58.09 --> 00:04:01.00 reading from the right to the left, 114 00:04:01.00 --> 00:04:03.00 and I'll change them to White 115 00:04:03.00 --> 00:04:05.07 so we get this big blast of highlight. 116 00:04:05.07 --> 00:04:08.04 All right, now I want to select these two mesh points 117 00:04:08.04 --> 00:04:11.01 and I will change them to Blue 4 118 00:04:11.01 --> 00:04:12.05 in order to add some more highlight 119 00:04:12.05 --> 00:04:13.08 to the top of that hood. 120 00:04:13.08 --> 00:04:15.03 And then, I'll go ahead and click 121 00:04:15.03 --> 00:04:16.09 and Shift+click on these guys, 122 00:04:16.09 --> 00:04:20.00 actually I can Shift+drag around these two, 123 00:04:20.00 --> 00:04:21.08 and that's only going to work, by the way, 124 00:04:21.08 --> 00:04:24.02 if you've turned on that Object Selection 125 00:04:24.02 --> 00:04:26.07 by Path Outline Only checkbox 126 00:04:26.07 --> 00:04:28.07 in the Preferences dialogue box, 127 00:04:28.07 --> 00:04:30.05 and then, with all those points selected, 128 00:04:30.05 --> 00:04:32.07 I'll switch to Blue 2 129 00:04:32.07 --> 00:04:34.07 in order to add some additional brightness 130 00:04:34.07 --> 00:04:36.03 as we're seeing here. 131 00:04:36.03 --> 00:04:38.09 All right, now I want this guy to be Blue 3, 132 00:04:38.09 --> 00:04:43.01 so I'll select and switch it to Blue 3, like so. 133 00:04:43.01 --> 00:04:45.02 I want this one to be Blue 2 134 00:04:45.02 --> 00:04:47.09 and I want this guy to be Blue 2 as well, 135 00:04:47.09 --> 00:04:50.06 so I'll select this one and this one, 136 00:04:50.06 --> 00:04:53.05 and then I'll go ahead and select Blue 2 137 00:04:53.05 --> 00:04:55.01 here inside the Swatches panel, 138 00:04:55.01 --> 00:04:56.04 then I'll select this guy right here. 139 00:04:56.04 --> 00:05:00.04 I want to brighten him up by changing him to Blue 4, 140 00:05:00.04 --> 00:05:02.05 that's going to give us a very nice highlight, 141 00:05:02.05 --> 00:05:04.02 and now I'm just going to check what I've got here. 142 00:05:04.02 --> 00:05:05.09 This should be Blue 2, and it is, 143 00:05:05.09 --> 00:05:08.01 this should be Blue 3, so I'll select it 144 00:05:08.01 --> 00:05:11.03 and change it to Blue 3, like so, 145 00:05:11.03 --> 00:05:13.03 and I also want this guy to be Blue 3, 146 00:05:13.03 --> 00:05:16.00 so I'll select him and click Blue 3 here 147 00:05:16.00 --> 00:05:17.03 inside the Swatches panel 148 00:05:17.03 --> 00:05:19.00 and then I'll go ahead and select this guy, 149 00:05:19.00 --> 00:05:20.03 I think this is the last one, 150 00:05:20.03 --> 00:05:23.03 and I'll change it to Blue 2. 151 00:05:23.03 --> 00:05:25.04 So, just remember, Blue 1 is the darkest one 152 00:05:25.04 --> 00:05:27.02 over here on the left side of the group 153 00:05:27.02 --> 00:05:28.04 and Blue 4 is the brightest one 154 00:05:28.04 --> 00:05:31.02 over here in the right-hand side. 155 00:05:31.02 --> 00:05:32.07 Now let's say I want to sharpen some 156 00:05:32.07 --> 00:05:34.05 of these transitions once again 157 00:05:34.05 --> 00:05:37.07 and I want the sharpening to appear right along here. 158 00:05:37.07 --> 00:05:39.09 So, I'll go ahead and click on this anchor point 159 00:05:39.09 --> 00:05:43.01 and I'll drag it's control handle past the one above it 160 00:05:43.01 --> 00:05:44.07 and I'll do the same for this guy, 161 00:05:44.07 --> 00:05:46.07 drag it up and past, 162 00:05:46.07 --> 00:05:49.02 and I'll go ahead and select this guy 163 00:05:49.02 --> 00:05:51.01 and drag him up and past, 164 00:05:51.01 --> 00:05:54.03 and notice how that sharpens that highlight right there. 165 00:05:54.03 --> 00:05:56.03 And you can make it even sharper if you want to 166 00:05:56.03 --> 00:05:58.07 by dragging this control handle down. 167 00:05:58.07 --> 00:06:00.03 So, the more that the two control handles 168 00:06:00.03 --> 00:06:01.06 overlap each other, 169 00:06:01.06 --> 00:06:04.00 the more of a sharp transition you'll get. 170 00:06:04.00 --> 00:06:06.06 And I'm going to move this guy over just a little bit 171 00:06:06.06 --> 00:06:09.00 and I'll drag this one down, too, 172 00:06:09.00 --> 00:06:11.01 so that we get a sharp transition all the way over 173 00:06:11.01 --> 00:06:12.07 to this edge right here. 174 00:06:12.07 --> 00:06:14.06 And so, I'll go ahead and select this point 175 00:06:14.06 --> 00:06:17.05 and I really want to drag, I think I need to zoom in 176 00:06:17.05 --> 00:06:19.01 so I can tell what I'm doing, 177 00:06:19.01 --> 00:06:21.01 I really want to drag, I think, this guy down. 178 00:06:21.01 --> 00:06:22.01 Is that what I want? 179 00:06:22.01 --> 00:06:23.06 So, I'll go ahead and try it and see what happens, 180 00:06:23.06 --> 00:06:26.08 and sure enough, that sharpens things up pretty nicely there 181 00:06:26.08 --> 00:06:29.02 and then I'll just drag this guy up a little more 182 00:06:29.02 --> 00:06:32.03 so that we have some nice, sharp highlights. 183 00:06:32.03 --> 00:06:34.05 All right, now I'll press Ctrl+h, or Command+h on a Mac, 184 00:06:34.05 --> 00:06:36.03 in order to hide the selection edges. 185 00:06:36.03 --> 00:06:39.02 Over here we have the opposite problem. 186 00:06:39.02 --> 00:06:42.00 We've got too much sharpness going on, 187 00:06:42.00 --> 00:06:43.04 and if you encounter that problem, 188 00:06:43.04 --> 00:06:45.04 press Ctrl+h, or Command+h on a Mac, 189 00:06:45.04 --> 00:06:47.06 in order to bring back your selection edges 190 00:06:47.06 --> 00:06:50.08 and then you want to select this point right there, 191 00:06:50.08 --> 00:06:54.04 press the U key to switch to the Gradient Mesh tool, 192 00:06:54.04 --> 00:06:56.04 and now, drag this point while pressing 193 00:06:56.04 --> 00:06:59.01 the Shift key upward, like so, 194 00:06:59.01 --> 00:07:00.09 in order to create a little more distance 195 00:07:00.09 --> 00:07:02.05 between the two points, 196 00:07:02.05 --> 00:07:04.08 and I'll drag that control handle down. 197 00:07:04.08 --> 00:07:06.07 And so, the closer the control handles come together, 198 00:07:06.07 --> 00:07:08.05 the sharper the transitions. 199 00:07:08.05 --> 00:07:10.00 The more you spread them apart, 200 00:07:10.00 --> 00:07:11.07 the softer the transitions. 201 00:07:11.07 --> 00:07:13.09 And so, I'll go ahead and Shift+drag this guy 202 00:07:13.09 --> 00:07:15.02 up a little bit 203 00:07:15.02 --> 00:07:17.00 and that should work out nicely, I think. 204 00:07:17.00 --> 00:07:18.09 If I press Ctrl+h, or Command+h on a Mac, 205 00:07:18.09 --> 00:07:21.07 I can see that I still have a very sharp edge there, 206 00:07:21.07 --> 00:07:23.08 so I'll press Ctrl+h, or Command+h on a Mac, 207 00:07:23.08 --> 00:07:25.01 to bring back my points 208 00:07:25.01 --> 00:07:27.00 so that I can see them, at any rate, 209 00:07:27.00 --> 00:07:29.06 and I'll go ahead and try to drag this point down. 210 00:07:29.06 --> 00:07:30.09 But I didn't get it, 211 00:07:30.09 --> 00:07:32.09 so I'll just press Ctrl+z, or Command+z on a Mac, 212 00:07:32.09 --> 00:07:34.04 in case I made a mess of things 213 00:07:34.04 --> 00:07:36.03 because I'm using the Mesh tool, after all. 214 00:07:36.03 --> 00:07:37.07 And I'll drag this mesh point 215 00:07:37.07 --> 00:07:40.00 and I'm still not getting the effect I want, 216 00:07:40.00 --> 00:07:41.09 so I'll go ahead and zoom farther in 217 00:07:41.09 --> 00:07:43.02 and I'll grab this guy right here 218 00:07:43.02 --> 00:07:44.08 and I'll press the Shift key 219 00:07:44.08 --> 00:07:48.01 in order to constrain the point along this path outline. 220 00:07:48.01 --> 00:07:49.05 It's not working very well though, 221 00:07:49.05 --> 00:07:51.08 but I did make a little bit of progress, I guess, 222 00:07:51.08 --> 00:07:55.06 and now I'll take this control handle and drag it down, 223 00:07:55.06 --> 00:07:58.08 and I'll go ahead and grab this point right there 224 00:07:58.08 --> 00:08:02.04 and I'll drag its control handle down as well, 225 00:08:02.04 --> 00:08:04.09 and I'll press Ctrl+h, or Command+h on a Mac, 226 00:08:04.09 --> 00:08:06.08 in order to hide the selection edges. 227 00:08:06.08 --> 00:08:10.02 And that is looking pretty good to me, 228 00:08:10.02 --> 00:08:11.08 and so, I'll press Ctrl+h, or Command+h, 229 00:08:11.08 --> 00:08:13.00 to bring back the edges. 230 00:08:13.00 --> 00:08:14.00 I'll press the V key to switch back 231 00:08:14.00 --> 00:08:15.04 to the Black Arrow tool 232 00:08:15.04 --> 00:08:19.05 and I'll click off the path outline to deselect it. 233 00:08:19.05 --> 00:08:21.08 And that's how you add some shine, shading, 234 00:08:21.08 --> 00:08:24.07 and color to your complex Gradient Mesh 235 00:08:24.07 --> 00:08:26.03 as well as how you sharpen 236 00:08:26.03 --> 00:08:28.04 and smooth color transitions 237 00:08:28.04 --> 00:08:31.02 between your colorful mesh points.