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To preserve the traced artwork's colors, Gordon selected all of the green and orange
artwork and clicked the Swatch panel's New Color Group icon.
3 Adding detail, brightening the flower center, and creating and uploading a color group.
With the traced artwork colored, Gordon wanted to bring some of the original photo-
graph's detail back into the illustration. He created a layer above the traced artwork
and placed a copy of the photograph. Selecting the photograph, he opened the Trans-
parency panel and set opacity to 50% and the blending mode to Hard Light.
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On the left, the flower petals after tracing; on the right, the flower
petals overlaid with the photograph set to
50% opacity and Hard Light
Because the focal point of the illustration was the flow-er's center, Gordon wanted to
employ the photograph's full color and detail. He created a new layer and placed
another copy of the original photograph on it. Then, from the layer with the traced
green shapes, he clicked the Lasso tool and selected the green center shapes. He
copied and pasted them in place and turned them into a compound path (Object>
Compound Path> Make). After moving the compound path to the layer with the
photograph, Gordon selected both and chose Object> Clipping Mask> Make. Finally,
he brightened the center by drawing a flare with the Flare tool, opened the
Transparency panel and changed the flare's blending mode to Soft Light. He finished
by adding type to the illustration.
