In this activity we're going to practice warping text as well as creating a
pattern background using the Transform Each command.
So something like this that I created. So go ahead and go to File, New and
create a new document here.
First, we need to create that radial background. So what we can do is click and drag
just a shape out like so. You will need no Stroke and then for Fill, let's just choose some
kind of color so we can see it. And then go to, let's make it a little bit smaller for this
example, here we go. Then go to Object, Transform, Transform Each and let's make
this a 110% each time it's duplicated. We need to move this over a little bit
until it's somewhat further away. Something like that. Alright. Then click Copy.
I just want to go over it a little bit and then CTRL D on the PC or Command D on the MAC.
Alright, something like that. Then click and drag around all of it and we can
resize it now. So hold SHIFT and click and drag If you want to maintain proportion.
So I just want to move this over here.
Then we want this to rotate around like so. So what we can do is, with the Rotate tool,
we want to move that center point to the middle of this circle here. So I'm going
to zoom in. Hold down ALT on the PC or OPTION on the MAC and there we go.
And it needs to be divisible by 360 I'm going to do 30 for this first example.
Then click Copy, zoom out here and then you just press, without deselecting this, you
Press CTRL D on the PC or Command D on the MAC. So it creates that radial pattern and there we go.
And if you like the way that looks, you can stop there. If you want another
pattern in between it, you can just select all of it and then do the same. Actually, you can
just double click on the Rotate tool now since we have the middle in there already.
And then you could just do 15 and click Copy once. For this example,
it's too thick, it covers all of it, unless you change the color. You can make it look a
bit different than the other one if you want or you can just undo, either way.
If you want all this, see how this all overlaps, you can go ahead and make this one object so
that we can add a gradient. So click and drag around all of it and then go to
Window and then Pathfinder. Click that first one, the Unite
and now it's one object. So now we can actually add a gradient. This time instead
of a Linear, let's do a Radial and then just customize these so double click on the one side
and you can change it to RGB or CMYK or whatever. I'm going to pull this up so you can see it.
Let's see, for the Outer, let's go something like that and then for the Inner, let's make it a little bit darker.
Alright, something like that and then you've got this radial background
from a couple of different tools.
Pathfinder, Transform Each, Rotate and so on.
Now we just need to add some text on top so choose the Type tool. Click and can let go.
And then click and drag,
and that font's not working so we need to choose a different font for this example,
example depending on whatever you're, the band or artist that you're typing in.
I think that might work better.
You do need to warp it though, so I'm going to change this color too. Select it and the
color, I'm thinking, maybe light blue for that. Alright and then go to Object, Envelope Distort
and then Make with Warp or we can go to Effect then Warp and choose any of these.
We don't see the preview of it though until we actually go in there.
I did Bulge for this example. It brings up this menu that we can get with the
Envelope Distort option as well, and you can adjust the settings and click OK.
And then there's our effect, our practice so go ahead and go to File and then Save for Web
and save it as GIF, JPEG, PNG. PNG. Any of those work and then just post in the
discussion board your raster image and so other students can check it out and see
your work and I can provide feedback as well. Thanks.