
Shapes 775
Blending shapes
You can blend single shapes, or groups of shapes, so that they appear to be one shape
morphing into another. Blending creates intermediate shapes between two or more
selected shapes. It is also used to simulate shading on irregular shapes. Blending applies
to stroke and fill attributes as well as to the shape size.
You can blend a shape group with another group, but you can’t blend a single shape
with a group.
Blending groups with other groups offers interesting effects, especially if the groups are
blends themselves.
The small circle is blended with the large circle to create a shading effect.
To blend shapes
1 Position the shapes you want to blend.
You can arrange the shape layers in the Layers panel. Blends will progress from
lower to higher layers.
2 Choose the Shape Selection tool from the toolbox.
3 Hold down Shift, and select the shapes you want to blend.
4 Choose Shapes Blend.
5 In the Blend dialog box, type a value in the Number of Steps box to control how
many intermediate shapes are created.
6 In the Spacing area, enable one of the following options:
• Equal — blends shapes with equal spacing
• Decrease toward end — starts blending with wide spacing and decreases
toward the end of the blend
• Increase toward end — starts blending with small spacing and increases
toward the end of the blend
• Increase toward/from middle — widens spacing in the middle and decreases
toward both ends
7 In the Color area, choose one of the following options:
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