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10. Blending Colors and Shapes > Getting started
Getting started
You’ll explore various ways to create your own color gradients and to blend colors and shapes together using the Gradient tool, Gradient panel, and the Blend tool.
Before you begin, you’ll restore the default preferences for Adobe Illustrator CS6. Then, you’ll open the finished art file for this lesson to see what you’ll create.
1. To ensure that the tools and panels function exactly as described in this lesson, delete or deactivate (by renaming) the Adobe Illustrator CS6 preferences file. See “Restoring default preferences” on page 3.
2. Start Adobe Illustrator CS6.
Note
If you have not already done so, copy the Lesson10 folder from the Lessons folder on the Adobe Illustrator CS6 Classroom in a Book CD onto your hard disk. See “Copying the Classroom in a Book files” on page 2.
