Illy Gradient
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- pyeaton
Hi all:
I have an Illy gradient as part of a logo. On one part, I have a pms fading to white. But, I do not want white there. i want nothing - no color at all. Just the PMS fading. Anyone know how to take care of that?
- lvl_130
set alpha to 0 on white side?
- lvl_130
sorry disregard my last post. i can't remember how...needs to be a layer effect i believe (in cs2 anyway)
- pyeaton0
hhhhmmmm....thanks!
- radiculture0
pretty sure you have to create an opacity mask. and from that point on, it starts to get confusing to me if you want to actually do anything with the file. becuase i think you're forced to "flatten" that layer eventually if you take it into PS or print it, etc. and that stinks. :(
- hugelogo0
illy don't do that. wish it could!
- johndiggity0
if you are going to print with spot colors fading to nothing you should do a google search for .dsc files and get used to working with them.
- Gucci0
you have to apply the "multiply" layer effect to it
yes. that's one thing illustrator needs to fix. yesterday.
- pyeaton0
thanks Gucci. Could you point me tyo the right menu? I am on the road right now. Sorry, and of course, MANY THANKS!
- Gucci0
Select your item and go to Window > Transparency
Once in the palette, change the "normal" tab to "multiply", (just like photoshop).
Be wary... if you're doing this for print, make sure your transparency flattener preset is at "high resolution" (under the edit menu > transparency flattener preset)
good luck.
- mcLeod0
wouldn't the multiply blend mode affect the PMS depending on what is under it?