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1
The hills shown filled with radial gradients—although there is
some sense of light, it isn't possible to make
the radial gradient follow the contours of the
hills
2 Expanding linear gradients into gradient meshes. To create a more natural lighting of
the hills, Jackmore converted the linear gradients into mesh objects so the color
transitions could follow the contours of the hills. To accomplish this, select all the
gradient-filled objects that you wish to convert and choose Object> Expand. In the
Expand dialog, make sure Fill is enabled and specify Expand Gradient to Gradient
Mesh. Then click OK. Illustrator converts each linear gradient into a rectangle rotat-
ed to the angle matching the linear gradient's angle; each mesh rectangle is masked
by the original object (see the Mastering Complexity chapter for help with masks).
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