Gradient fill?

[dirttoo]

I have done cut vinyl for over 10 years but this new printer stumps me sometimes. I need help with a shape similar to the Nike swoosh. It is for a race car design and I need to do a gradient fill but need the fill to follow the shape, sort of like neon tubing. Can this be done in Flexi Pro 10? I have not yet learned Photo Shop. Thanks

 

[thewood]

I don't think you can achieve this in Flexi using the gradient tool. The Blend effect might work for you.

 

[J Hill Designs]

yup blend seems to fit the bill there

 

[dirttoo]

I don't think you can achieve this in Flexi using the gradient tool. The Blend effect might work for you.

AWESOME! That's just what I needed. Thanks

 

[dirttoo]

I don't think you can achieve this in Flexi using the gradient tool. The Blend effect might work for you.

OK, I did what I needed to do and it almost works??? I have a fine red line at each step of the gradient/blend. I don't see those in your example. How can I get rid of those lines? Thanks again.

 

[jayhawksigns]

First guess, you might have a stroke on the graphic before you blended it.

 

[J Hill Designs]

use more steps in your blend edit: or yeah, an outline

 

[thewood]

In the Blend menu, you can specify the number of Steps--I think 250 is the max. The more steps, the smoother the blend. Sometimes, strange things can happen with blends depending on the shapes/colors being blended. You may have to experiment.

Also, all blends are rendered in RGB color mode. To minimize color shifts, etc. I recommend starting out with (2) RGB colors to be blended.

Let us know how it goes.

 

[dirttoo]

Thanks, I've been experimenting since my last post. No problem with the star or square but I did a circle and the blend was very uneven and the swoosh I was asking about wasn't even close. The blend filled across the inside of the swoosh, not inside the lines. Does it not work on curves?

 

[J Hill Designs]

i did it on a makeshift crappily drawn swoosh like shape, and it worked well

edit: not completely perfect, but what can you expect I guess...

 

[SummitSignsandmore]

Eyecandy has a "gradient glow" plugin that work awesome for what you are trying to do.

 

[Patentagosse]

Well, that's why most of us are running 2-3 different softwares in case one fail on a specific command.