Class - 53 [Blend Tool]

 

Selecting the Blend Tool

There are three ways to select the blend tool.

1. Keyboard Shortcut for Blend Tool: W
2. Object->Blend->Make
3. Click on Blend Tool on the tools palette. (It looks like a circle with a square tucked behi
   nd it.)

Blend options

You can change the blend options for an existing blend. To do this, select the blended object and do one of the following:

• Double-click the Blend tool  
• Choose Object > Blend > Blend Options.
• In the Properties panel, click the Blend Options button in the Quick Actions section. 

The Blend Options dialog box appears, in which you can set the following blend options:

Spacing

Determines how many steps are added to the blend.

Smooth Color

Lets Illustrator auto-calculate the number of steps for the blends. If objects are filled or stroked with different colors, the steps are calculated to provide the optimum number of steps for a smooth color transition. If the objects contain identical colors, or if they contain gradients or patterns, the number of steps is based on the longest distance between the bounding box edges of the two objects.

Specified Steps

Controls the number of steps between the start and end of the blend.

Specified Distance

Controls the distance between the steps in the blend. The distance specified is measured from the edge of one object to the corresponding edge on the next object (for example, from the rightmost edge of one object to the rightmost edge of the next).

Orientation

Determines the orientation of blended objects.

Align to Page 

Orients the blend perpendicular to the x axis of the page.

Align to  

 Path 

Orients the blend perpendicular to the path.

If We Blend the same filling object we gate this

 If We Blend the deferent  filling object we gate this

 If We Blend the deferent  stroke object we gate this

Blend Options

                                         

                                            Blend With 3 different color circular