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Many shapes, one gradient fill

Aug 14, 2012 7:22 AM

In Illustrator CS4:

 

I need to fill 20 circles with one common grad fill... so that the 1st circle is dark to the 20th as lightest (NOT each individual circle getting it's own gradient).

 

I thought this would be easy (clipping mask) but no.

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks!

385 Views   4 Replies   Latest reply: bhartwell59, Aug 14, 2012 7:53 AM
 
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  • Mathias17
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    1. Mathias17,
    Aug 14, 2012 7:26 AM   in reply to bhartwell59
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    Convert all circles into a Compound Path, or simply group them all and assign the gradient at the group level.

     
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  • Mike Gondek
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    2. Mike Gondek,
    Aug 14, 2012 7:28 AM   in reply to bhartwell59
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    Good question. The solution is actually very easy. Select all your objects, then use the gradient tool to draw a line for the beginning and end of your gradient.

     
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    Aug 14, 2012 7:32 AM   in reply to Mike Gondek
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    Right, Mike.

    But unless you group them all together somehow you're left manually selecting each one every time you want to modify the gradient, if you've unselected them and come back later. Probably best to get them all grouped together for easy re-selection.

     
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    Aug 14, 2012 7:53 AM   in reply to Mathias17
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