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To create a blend with the blend tool:
1 Select the blend tool
2 Click objects to blend in sequential order. If you want to blend to a specific anchor point
on an object, click the anchor point with the blend tool. If you are blending open paths,
select an endpoint on each path.
3 When you are finished adding objects to the blend, you can click the blend tool again
to start a new blend.
Click anchor point on first object with blend tool (left). Then click anchor point on second
object (right).
Result of creating a blend with the blend tool.
To create a blend with the Make Blend command:
1 Select the objects to blend with any selection tool.
2 Choose Object > Blend > Make.
To release a blend:
1 Select the blend with any selection tool.
2 Choose Object > Blend > Release.
To change the number of steps between blends:
1 Choose Object > Blend > Blend Options.
2 Select from the following options in the Spacing pop-up menu:
Specified Steps. Enter a value to specify the number of steps between the start and end
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of the blend.
Specified Distance. Enter a value to specify the distance between the steps in the blend.
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The distance specified is measured from the edge of one object to the corresponding
edge on the next object (for example, from the rightmost edge of one object to the
rightmost edge of the next object).
Smooth Color has the Adobe Illustrator program autocalculate the number of steps for
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the blends. If objects are filled or stroked with different colors, the steps are calculated
to provide the optimum number of steps for a smooth color transition. If the objects
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