How to Blend a Shape Into Another Shape in Illustrator

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Illustrator's Blend tool allows you to blend one shape into another shape. These instructions apply to Adobe Illustrator 8. Procedures for other versions may vary.

Instructions

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  Open or create a new document from the File menu.
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  Choose Show Tools from the Window menu.
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  Create an object using any of the drawing tools. Add color as desired.
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  Draw a second object and add color as desired.
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  Activate the Blend tool - the icon of a square turning into a circle.
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  Click on an anchor point in the first object.
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  Drag the cursor and click on an anchor point in the second object. A blend of objects appears based on the colors and steps that you stipulated.

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You can allow Illustrator to calculate the number of steps to use in the blend, or you can stipulate the number of steps in the Blend Options dialog box.

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