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USING ILLUSTRATOR
Creating special effects
Last updated 11/8/2011
When you expand an object that uses an inner-glow effect, the inner glow reveals itself as an opacity mask If you
expand an object that uses an outer glow, the outer glow becomes a transparent raster object.
More Help topics
“Targeting items for appearance attributes” on page 366
“Selecting objects” on page 204
“About effects” on page 370
“About blending modes” on page 188
Feather the edges of an object
1 Select the object or group (or target a layer in the Layers panel).
2 Choose Effect > Stylize > Feather.
3 Set the distance over which the object fades from opaque to transparent, and click OK.
Original object selected (left) and using feather effect (right)
More Help topics
“About effects” on page 370
“Targeting items for appearance attributes” on page 366
“About raster effects” on page 371
“Selecting objects” on page 204
Creating sketches and mosaics
Create a sketch using the Scribble effect
1 Do one of the following:
• Select the object or group (or target a layer in the Layers panel).
• To apply the effect to a specific object attribute, such as a stroke or fill, select the object, and then select the
attribute in the Appearance panel.
• To apply the effect to a graphic style, select a graphic style in the Graphic Styles panel.
2 Choose Effect > Stylize > Scribble.