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1. Re: Dot "lights" background
Mike Gondek2 Nov 9, 2010 1:21 PM (in response to jr4292)You are better off doing this in photoshop, as Illustrator would slow down.
In photoshop this is easily done by creating a pattern of radial gradients(Use Edit >> define pattern). Fill a layer with a pattern of bulbs and then use transform to distort them. Put them over a black - blue - black gradiant and you are done.
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2. Re: Dot "lights" background
Kurt Gold Nov 9, 2010 3:12 PM (in response to jr4292)In Illustrator, you'd use opacity masks or the various blending modes provided in the Transparency panel, for example.
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3. Re: Dot "lights" background
Wade_Zimmerman Nov 9, 2010 4:13 PM (in response to Kurt Gold)This is done in Illustrator.
Create a circle
copy it and drag t vertically to make a blend with specified distance as the blend option
the drag the blend horizontally holding the option and shift key to make a copy and keep it parallel
expand both blends and make a blend of the expanded blends (now you have a whole lot of circles
Place a rectangle over it and give it gradients dark color stops where you want it to be dark and light color where you want it light , use black and white and grays.
select the gradient fill rectangle and the circles and go to the transparency panel and make an opacity mask, you can make more tha one mask.
OK the circles look the opposite of what you expect, that is right
Now create another rectangle fill it with black and send it to the back of the circles, now it looks right like this
I forgot I added a 3D rotate to the whole thing for the perspective look and then draw another rectangle to make a clipping mask
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4. Re: Dot "lights" background
Wade_Zimmerman Nov 9, 2010 4:40 PM (in response to Wade_Zimmerman)If you use in your gradient solid whites the color will be at that point the most opaque and brightest.
Brightness of the brightest light depends on the color you pick.and you can use more than one color and opacity of the circles depending on how you make the blend
BTW none of this creates any performance or speed issues what so ever. You can probably do this whole thing in three minutes. I did not time myself but it is pretty simple.
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6. Re: Dot "lights" background
jr4292 Nov 10, 2010 7:46 AM (in response to Mike Gondek2)Hey thats awesome. Anyway you could send me that file? My email is jason@one-stopmedia.net
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7. Re: Dot "lights" background
Wade_Zimmerman Nov 11, 2010 3:28 AM (in response to jr4292)Maybe maybe not
I forgot you can add a spotlight and such kind of good to know and i guess with a gradient mesh over the art,since it now has trandparency it might make this even more interesting I will have to experiment.
But considering what the OP just wrote I certainly won't do anymore work to even experiment.
Anyway I am glad the OP is asking you to send him the file. Make certain you get the payment from Pay pal before you send the file.
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9. Re: Dot "lights" background
jr4292 Nov 10, 2010 8:37 AM (in response to Mike Gondek2)I'll pay you if you want me to. This is not for a client or anything tho. Just volunteering my graphic design work for my school marching band.








