I will give you a detailed analysis of the Illustrator software and share with you the tutorials on drawing editable gradient strokes.
Tutorial sharing:
Step 1
Use the selection tool to select an object (in this example, it is a circle), make sure that it does not apply the stroke, open the appearance panel menu in the appearance panel (the menu button on the top left ), then select new fill. Now we can see that there are two fills in the appearance panel.
Step 2
On the appearance panel, select the new fill and enter the offset size using effect-path-offset path. You can use px, pts, or the unit you usually use to set the stroke width.
Step 3
Now fill the offset part with gradient color. This is done! The advantage of this technique is that you can freely select an offset on the appearance panel and change the offset, as if you were changing the stroke width.
Add a gradient stroke to text
Add a gradient stroke when the text is editable. Similar to the preceding steps, you only need some additional steps.
Step 1
Use a text tool to select the appropriate font to create a text. Just like in the previous tutorial "quick tutorial: adding a gradient to a text", I am still using my favorite Klavika Bold Condensed font.
Step 2
Set fill and stroke to none. If this is not done, after applying the new fill color to the text, the filled color is sometimes seen at the edge of the original text, which is obviously not desired.
Step 3
Use the selection tool to select the text, open the appearance panel menu (the menu button on the top left) in the appearance panel, and then select new fill. After completion, create a new fill. In this way, there should be two fills in the appearance panel.
Step 4
Select the most newly created fill in the appearance panel, and use effect-path-offset to enter the offset. You can use px, pts, or the stroke width units you normally use.
Step 5
Fill in the gradient for the offset now, done! As in the previous steps, the stroke width (in fact, it should not be called a stroke, it should be called an offset) can be modified as you wish, and the text can still be edited at this time!
Try
I hope this quick tutorial will help you study the appearance panel more deeply. It is quickly becoming my favorite panel, because when working with AI, it creates fast and flexible objects. I suggest you try the appearance panel to see what new ideas it brings! In the following example, I used multiple transparent gradient strokes.
All right, the above information is the detailed tutorial for drawing editable gradient strokes for the users of this software of Illustrator, all users have seen this. I believe you have seen it now and now it is very clear how to draw it, then everyone will follow the small series of tutorials to draw their own editable gradient strokes.
