Operation Manual

200 Applying Special Effects
Creating blends
Blends enable you to create shapes between two separate shapes on the
page. These could be identical in shape but have different line/fill properties or
be differently shaped. For the latter, the blending process “morphs” one shape
into the other shape.
Each step creates an intermediate shape, where the colour, transparency, and
line properties may all change, along with the object shape, during the blend
process.
For same shapes:
For different shapes (e.g. a blend between a Quick Ellipse and a Quick Petal):
You can also "leap frog" between existing blends to create daisy-
chained blends (by click and drag on each object consecutively).
To create a blend with the Blend Tool:
1. Select the Blend Tool button on the Drawing toolbar.
2. (Optional) From the displayed Context toolbar, choose:
• The number of “morph” Blend Steps to be taken between both
points (to increase/decrease the smoothness of the blend).