0 1 00:00:00,055 --> 00:00:04,484 Hi there, in this video we're going to crop a bike inside a giant letter R. 1 2 00:00:04,680 --> 00:00:07,406 But really we want to look at the color blending. 2 3 00:00:07,431 --> 00:00:09,367 You can see, how the image is blending with the background. 3 4 00:00:09,392 --> 00:00:10,469 We've offset it a little bit. 4 5 00:00:10,494 --> 00:00:11,508 Kind of looks cool. 5 6 00:00:11,533 --> 00:00:15,141 Let's learn how to do that now using Blending Modes in Illustrator. 6 7 00:00:16,133 --> 00:00:18,984 First up, open up the file called 'Blending Modes'. 7 8 00:00:19,172 --> 00:00:21,703 You don't have to, it's just an orange box, you can draw your own. 8 9 00:00:21,836 --> 00:00:24,352 It doesn't quite work as well with... 9 10 00:00:24,377 --> 00:00:26,921 say, like say, a solid black or solid white color. 10 11 00:00:26,962 --> 00:00:29,735 Blending Modes interact with them differently, from colors. 11 12 00:00:30,109 --> 00:00:34,070 So what I first want to do is my giant letter with the image inside. 12 13 00:00:34,188 --> 00:00:35,578 It's easy to do, right? 13 14 00:00:35,603 --> 00:00:38,281 I'm going to grab my 'Type Tool'. 14 15 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:40,961 I'm using Museo Sans Rounded. 15 16 00:00:40,986 --> 00:00:42,500 I love it, it's such a cool font. 16 17 00:00:42,755 --> 00:00:45,732 Whenever you're doing font sizes as well, if you want to go so big... 17 18 00:00:45,951 --> 00:00:49,183 hold down 'Shift', and hold down the 'Alt' key on a PC... 18 19 00:00:49,208 --> 00:00:50,640 or the 'Option' key on a Mac... 19 20 00:00:50,665 --> 00:00:52,273 to go real big with the font... 20 21 00:00:54,435 --> 00:00:56,334 rather than using the option over here. Takes too long. 21 22 00:00:56,995 --> 00:01:00,807 Next thing I want to do is, bring in my image, and resize my 'R'. 22 23 00:01:01,565 --> 00:01:06,042 'Command-Shift-P' is place, or 'Control-Shift-P' on a PC. 23 24 00:01:06,433 --> 00:01:08,964 Pick any of the bike images, click 'Place'. 24 25 00:01:09,128 --> 00:01:12,081 And click and drag so it's bigger than the letter R. 25 26 00:01:12,113 --> 00:01:13,776 Just has to be covering it up. 26 27 00:01:13,995 --> 00:01:15,573 Then you need to send it to the back. 27 28 00:01:16,377 --> 00:01:18,292 You can right click, and 'Arrange', 'Send to Back'. 28 29 00:01:18,542 --> 00:01:21,065 Select both of them, and hit 'Command 7'... 29 30 00:01:21,455 --> 00:01:24,088 or 'Control 7' on a PC, that makes a Clipping Mask. 30 31 00:01:25,057 --> 00:01:26,419 So that's the kind of basics. 31 32 00:01:26,444 --> 00:01:28,862 Now we're going to play with the way it blends with the background. 32 33 00:01:28,887 --> 00:01:31,808 So with this selected, I'm going to go over here to 'Opacity'. 33 34 00:01:32,151 --> 00:01:33,300 And this is the option here. 34 35 00:01:33,348 --> 00:01:36,823 So where it says Normal, try 'Darken', 'Multiply'. 35 36 00:01:36,972 --> 00:01:40,605 Actually what I'll do is move this over so you can zoom in. 36 37 00:01:41,104 --> 00:01:43,831 We do our edits so that you can see that easier. 37 38 00:01:44,292 --> 00:01:45,104 What color! 38 39 00:01:45,129 --> 00:01:47,698 Now it will depend, if you've got like a green in the background... 39 40 00:01:47,723 --> 00:01:49,323 these might all do the exact same. 40 41 00:01:51,145 --> 00:01:53,161 If you've got a different image, it might look different. 41 42 00:01:53,301 --> 00:01:56,131 So don't count on these 100%, what they're going to do. 42 43 00:01:56,163 --> 00:01:57,974 It's all bit of experimentation. 43 44 00:01:58,280 --> 00:01:59,865 I quite like Overlay... 44 45 00:01:59,905 --> 00:02:01,647 and Multiply, that's cool. 45 46 00:02:01,850 --> 00:02:04,803 Don't be afraid to use combinations. Let's say we want to use... 46 47 00:02:06,615 --> 00:02:07,420 Overlay. 47 48 00:02:07,468 --> 00:02:10,420 But also Multiply, so I'm going to make a duplicate of this. 48 49 00:02:10,998 --> 00:02:12,990 Weirdly, still works, right? 49 50 00:02:13,100 --> 00:02:14,944 But with it over here... 50 51 00:02:14,991 --> 00:02:17,943 it's not interacting with the orange background, so it's still Overlay. 51 52 00:02:18,326 --> 00:02:21,061 This guy here, I'm going to change back to 'Multiply'. 52 53 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:23,897 Don't be afraid to play with the opacity as well. 53 54 00:02:23,990 --> 00:02:27,170 This fellow is a bit strong, you can just drag the opacity as well. 54 55 00:02:28,014 --> 00:02:29,342 And you can lay them on top of each other. 55 56 00:02:29,467 --> 00:02:31,123 So you guys laying on top. 56 57 00:02:32,037 --> 00:02:33,342 And they got kind of a combo deal. 57 58 00:02:33,367 --> 00:02:35,045 Don't be afraid to offset them as well. 58 59 00:02:35,248 --> 00:02:36,709 You might do some sort of cool.. 59 60 00:02:37,084 --> 00:02:40,686 like, misprint, misregistation... 60 61 00:02:40,975 --> 00:02:43,233 3D-ish kind of thing, I don't know. 61 62 00:02:44,154 --> 00:02:46,943 So that is playing with Blending Modes. 62 63 00:02:46,968 --> 00:02:50,186 We've done it with images, but you can do it with just colored text. 63 64 00:02:50,428 --> 00:02:51,655 And you'll get different effects. 64 65 00:02:51,803 --> 00:02:55,021 And this is where I set our class exercise. 65 66 00:02:55,046 --> 00:02:56,623 What I'd like you to do is... 66 67 00:02:56,648 --> 00:02:59,209 I want you to create your own giant letter with image. 67 68 00:02:59,444 --> 00:03:02,389 You can use any of the other images from the Exercise Files. 68 69 00:03:02,422 --> 00:03:04,702 There's a few other bikes in there, you can use your own. 69 70 00:03:05,053 --> 00:03:07,529 Your own giant letter, and your own background color. 70 71 00:03:07,693 --> 00:03:08,982 And your own Blending Modes. 71 72 00:03:09,015 --> 00:03:10,332 You can offset, you don't have to. 72 73 00:03:10,357 --> 00:03:12,543 Maybe you can do the Arrange, maybe do the whole alphabet. 73 74 00:03:13,251 --> 00:03:16,352 I'd like to see what you do. Remember, reach out to me on Instagram. 74 75 00:03:16,509 --> 00:03:17,837 On Twitter, I'd love to see it. 75 76 00:03:17,876 --> 00:03:20,618 Also, post your projects on this website... 76 77 00:03:20,643 --> 00:03:22,712 so that other people can see what you've done. 77 78 00:03:23,625 --> 00:03:26,203 All right, go and do some Blending Mode magic.