Blend Tool Backgrounds

Use the best of Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to create these trendy background design patterns.

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nice one… Thank you very much

 

Comment by kyrhyl | February 7, 2009 @ 3:33 am

 

I’m new with illustrator. Though this tutorial seems as a product of years of experience. I just got amazed by watching these lessons.

I would like to thank you all who are concerned with these services.

Shagor

 

Comment by Shagor | February 7, 2009 @ 8:58 am

 

Nice tutorial, on http://myphotoshopbrushes.com/brushes/id/245 you can find Blend Brushes made using this technic.

 

Comment by myPhotoshopBrushes | February 7, 2009 @ 10:21 am

 

Why don’t you leave the pasted AI graphic in vectors? Convert it in a smart object and you can make nearly all the things, you’ve done with it. The difference is, that with a smart object you can change the shape in AI everytime.

Rendering the layer is also always possible but with a duplicate, okay?

Cheers.

 

Comment by Vanderhellen | February 7, 2009 @ 10:24 am

 

Great tutorial! I’ve been wondering how to do this for the longest and now I’ll be able to use this technique for a project that I’m currently working on. Thanks a lot!

 

Comment by Justin | February 7, 2009 @ 12:13 pm

 

I very admire this website, I very like adobe product. If you can pleasle give to download your tutorial.

 

Comment by Ko Lay | February 9, 2009 @ 8:22 am

 

Wonderful stuff. Really encouraging

 

Comment by Paul Witz | February 9, 2009 @ 6:29 pm

 

Thank you for this tutorial! I’m still learning Illustrator after years of Photoshop use and nothing else. It was very user-friendly.

 

Comment by Becca | February 10, 2009 @ 12:12 pm

 

Interesting tutorial! Thank You!

 

Comment by michal | February 12, 2009 @ 2:28 pm

 

I was looking hard to find a teacher who could teach me especialy after effects. Nobody could take the responcibility to do that. Now I think that I can do it my self through this site. Thank you very much.

 

Comment by Panos Kiokios | February 12, 2009 @ 8:09 pm

 

i am not good in english but i understand very much from your tutorial
thanks & regards

 

Comment by mohamed ahmed | February 15, 2009 @ 2:15 pm

 

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Its easier to understand once its been Kloskowski-ized. Thanx

 

Comment by Clawson | February 18, 2009 @ 1:33 pm

 

Hi. thanks for the great tutorial. where did that nice dark blue blended background come from?

 

Comment by wanda J | February 18, 2009 @ 7:42 pm

 

Very nice and easy to follow tutorial. Thanks a lot!

 

Comment by Juan | February 19, 2009 @ 11:07 am

 

thanks dear it’s very cool design

 

Comment by Saranga Asith | February 20, 2009 @ 10:47 am

 

Sounds weird, but whenever I try to copy and paste my line disappears. I recently bought CS4 so maybe that’s the issue. I’m a bit new to Illustrator, too. If anyone can shed light on the issue that would be great!

 

Comment by Karen | February 24, 2009 @ 10:48 am

 

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very nice

 

Comment by amr | March 3, 2009 @ 4:15 pm

 

Just have a little problem, i got it working the first time but everytime i pick the option “paste infront”, all it does is create a small line..not a direct copy of the first shape i made with the pen tool.

Does anyone know this issue??

 

Comment by swr | March 6, 2009 @ 9:32 am

 

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very nice and cool tutorial, this is very attraction and professional. I hope more like this tutorials can see later… :)

 

Comment by Michael Aung | March 8, 2009 @ 11:04 pm

 

Really, great thank you

 

Comment by Ahmed Nooh | March 11, 2009 @ 4:27 pm

 

great tut man.

 

Comment by Elliot J. Balanza | March 13, 2009 @ 3:43 am

 

Great tutorial Matt, thanks so much.

 

Comment by Melinda | March 25, 2009 @ 6:52 pm

 

Been a freelance designer for about a year now, so pretty new to the professional industry, but nice to have a site like this where you can see a nice, quick “this is how you do that cool effect you saw on istock” tutorial.

 

Comment by Robb | March 28, 2009 @ 5:02 pm

 

This is the best video tutorial I’ve ever used….thank you SO much!

 

Comment by anne | March 30, 2009 @ 11:04 pm

 

hey you do know that you do not have to make a new layer you can just hit control E

 

Comment by matthew | April 1, 2009 @ 2:03 am

 

great tutorial!!!

 

Comment by megyen | April 9, 2009 @ 3:00 am

 

why cant i see the video. it only appears the adobe advrt.

 

Comment by jon | April 10, 2009 @ 3:33 pm

 

Enjoyed hearing and seeing you at Photoshop World in Boston. Thanks for explaining everything so well. You make it so simple.

 

Comment by Nancy DiSalvo | April 11, 2009 @ 10:30 pm

 

Fantastic! Brilliant results with minimal skills required…Thanks again!

 

Comment by Dawna Pearce | April 17, 2009 @ 2:08 pm

 

Hey, thanx for the tutorial!
One question, do both paths have to be on the same layer? The blend effect is different when they aren’t, why?

 

Comment by Jack | April 27, 2009 @ 9:22 pm

 

wow, I’ve been wondering how to get this effect,
thanx for sharing it with us Matt

 

Comment by Linko | April 30, 2009 @ 3:21 am

 

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That was cool! It looks complicated and hi-tech, but it was simple!

 

Comment by Jem | May 29, 2009 @ 10:19 am

 

Excellent tut! Thanks so much!

 

Comment by Elizabeth | June 4, 2009 @ 5:04 pm

 

thx

 

Comment by binny | June 7, 2009 @ 3:41 am

 

That was interesting, i knew how to get that line effect with envelope warp, but never thought of the blend tool, that was cool thanx.

 

Comment by Chavar | June 23, 2009 @ 9:39 am

 

goood

 

Comment by dev | July 1, 2009 @ 5:39 am

 

cool… Interesting… thx :)

 

Comment by SIO777 | July 9, 2009 @ 8:04 am

 

thank you so much…luv it! :D

 

Comment by roblesrt | July 21, 2009 @ 8:47 pm

 

this make my day !

 

Comment by canciller | July 24, 2009 @ 1:43 pm

 

one are very helpful——-

 

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Very clear tutorial! Even me, with my bad English understood all you told us! :) Thank you very much for this tutrial! :) )) Great!

 

Comment by Svetlana | August 27, 2009 @ 9:57 am

 

Yes, I don’t speak English very well but this tutorial was very simple and useful! Thank you!

 

Comment by Giulia | September 15, 2009 @ 4:04 pm

 

Matt, that is so cool, using both programs! Thanks ;-) I added render>clouds behind, with a slight layer mask. Nice effect!

 

Comment by pearlie | September 21, 2009 @ 4:31 pm

 

thanks for this great tutorial

 

Comment by Mohammed | September 30, 2009 @ 11:55 pm

 

Ok, I like the tutorial, except I’m getting pretty frustrated because I don’t have the same tool boxes you do to complete the directions you’re giving here. I have never worked with Illustrator before, and so I have no idea how to get the tool boxes to show here! Any help would be nice…thanks!

 

Comment by S. Masse | October 18, 2009 @ 4:49 pm

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