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Working with radial gradients - Illustrator Tutorial
From the course: Illustrator CC 2017 One-on-One Advanced
Working with radial gradients
- [Voiceover] Alright, the only problem with the gradient fill inside the eye so far is that it should be a radial gradient instead of a linear one, as we can see when I press Control + Y or Command + Y on the Mac to expose the tracing template. Which is secretly a good thing, because we have even more control over radial gradients when working with the gradient tool. Alright, so I'll just go ahead and press Control + Y or Command + Y on a Mac to switch back to the preview mode. And I'll press Control + 0 or Command + 0 on the Mac to zoom out. Now, we're gonna start things off by modifying the radial gradient that's assigned to the face, and so I'll go ahead and press the Control key or the Command key on a Mac to temporarily access my last used arrow tool, which happens to be the black arrow, and then I'll click inside that background shape, and then I'll release the Control key or the Command key on a Mac to switch control back to the gradient tool. Alright, now notice we still have…
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Auto-tracing in Illustrator1m 26s
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Opening an image to embed it4m 43s
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Placing an image to create a dynamic link5m 40s
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Auto-tracing and resolution4m 8s
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Upsampling in Photoshop for better results4m 23s
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Adjusting the Threshold value4m 39s
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The advanced tracing options5m 22s
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Expanding and simplifying traced paths4m 54s
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Scaling your vector-based tracing3m
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Tracing lines with uniform strokes6m 53s
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Tracing both strokes and color fills6m 31s
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The world of complex path interactions1m 43s
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Introducing the four shape modes6m 37s
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Building dynamic compound shapes9m 18s
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Exclude and the compound path4m 11s
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Mixing and matching shape modes4m 13s
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Adding paths to a compound shape5m 20s
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The six static Pathfinder operations6m 43s
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Working with unfilled and open paths4m 35s
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Additional Pathfinder options5m 53s
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Repeating the last Pathfinder operation5m 39s
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The legend that is the Layers panel2m 21s
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Hiding, showing, and creating layers6m 19s
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Moving objects between layers6m 28s
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Lock, isolate, and preview a layer5m 4s
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Adjusting the stacking order7m 40s
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Expanding the contents of a layer5m 45s
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Naming and arranging objects2m 44s
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Containers: Compound paths vs. groups7m 53s
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Targeting and formatting a group5m 8s
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Targeting an entire layer3m 5s
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The Layers panel for fills and strokes2m 1s
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Assigning multiple fills and strokes4m 21s
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Transforming fills and strokes6m 2s
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Clearing and duplicating appearances6m 23s
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Creating a Transform sequence4m 7s
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Stupid Appearance panel tricks6m 38s
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Applying appearances to editable type8m 39s
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Assigning patterns to fills and strokes5m 55s
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Turning hexagons into honeycomb6m 50s
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Stacking attributes and effects6m 50s
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Building up depth with offset strokes7m 16s
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Drop Shadow and Gaussian Blur5m 50s
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Introducing the Scale tool5m 20s
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The benefits of static transformations2m 8s
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Setting the transformation origin7m 34s
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Introducing the Rotate tool6m 38s
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Creating transformation guides5m 19s
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Using the Scale tool to create primitives5m 48s
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Uniting and rotating the primitives7m 49s
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Introducing the Shear tool8m 4s
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Skewing one path to match another6m 48s
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Power-duplicating the petals of the star logo5m 47s
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Offset Path: A different way to scale5m 59s
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Adding skewed gradient shadows8m 34s
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Transforming partial path outlines7m 37s
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Using the Reflect tool3m 44s
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Using the Reshape tool8m 46s
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The Transform Each command6m 16s
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How alignment and distribution work1m 2s
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Snapping and smart guides3m 32s
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Aligning a group to the artboard2m 55s
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Distributing objects across the artboard3m 22s
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Aligning to a fixed “key” object5m 52s
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Distributing by a specified amount of space7m 24s
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Using the Align options as positioning tools7m 38s
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Adding extruded edges to your artwork7m 23s
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Aligning the backs of your extruded letters4m 50s
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Casting shadows from faux 3D objects8m 51s
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The joy of custom gradients1m 41s
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Assigning and modifying a gradient6m 15s
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Introducing colors into a gradient5m 40s
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Adjusting color stops5m 50s
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Adding transparency to a gradient5m 31s
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Using the Gradient tool and annotator6m 29s
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Working with radial gradients4m 37s
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Assigning a gradient stroke6m
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Making the most of linear gradients8m 27s
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Combining gradients with effects4m 52s
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Creating a custom emoji6m 46s
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Variable-width gradient strokes5m 26s
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Combining multiple gradient fills4m 33s
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Exporting your emoji as a PNG file8m 13s
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Illustrator’s oldest dynamic functions1m 47s
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Creating a dynamic object blend5m 21s
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Redirecting a blend by editing its spine4m 58s
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Creating a custom shape gradient5m 6s
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Adding texture to your custom gradient6m 9s
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Meet the Reverse Front To Back command5m 21s
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Creating a clipping mask4m 10s
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Masking the contents of an entire layer6m 26s
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Fixing problems with the Blend tool4m 48s
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Aligning your intervals to the spine4m 54s
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Moving objects into a clipping mask8m 2s
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Blending between groups9m 4s
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Blending the colors of sequential paths4m 22s
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Coloring overlapping areas1m 35s
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Introducing Live Paint7m 13s
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Modifying Live Paint strokes3m 53s
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Using the Live Paint Selection tool5m 48s
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Coloring traced or freeform line art4m 36s
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Automatic gap detection7m 52s
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Merging Live Paint objects5m 39s
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Filling a region with a gradient5m 6s
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Introducing the false Möbius strip2m 11s
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Drawing a ribbon using an object blend7m 23s
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Violating all laws of stacking order5m 20s
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Sneak peek: Recolor Artwork5m 15s
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Shading a Live Paint object with gradients8m 18s
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Tailoring your gradients to fit your art5m 44s
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Introducing the pixel-based image1m 3s
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Placing a photograph into your artwork3m 41s
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Working with linked images5m 24s
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Scaling and cropping with the bounding box5m 12s
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Drawing a border around an image3m 47s
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Cropping an image using a clipping mask4m 9s
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Using the Mask and Crop Image buttons6m 12s
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Creating dynamic crop marks around your art4m 57s
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Placing an image with transparency5m 9s
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Placing a photograph into editable type3m 40s
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Adding stroke effects behind photo type4m 52s
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Packaging all linked images and fonts2m 46s
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Generating colors using harmony rules1m 38s
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Introducing the Color Guide panel6m 11s
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The color models: RGB, CMKY, and Lab5m 51s
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The 23 color harmony rules, diagrammed5m 26s
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Mixing and matching color harmonies5m 11s
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Using a color group as a harmony rule3m 32s
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Loading a predefined swatch library2m 26s
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Introducing the Edit Colors dialog box8m 39s
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Mastering the Edit Colors controls8m 29s
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Constraining colors to a swatch library5m 6s
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Sharing swatches between documents4m 43s
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Making your swatch libraries persistent5m 12s
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Changing lots of colors all at once2m
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Introducing the Recolor Artwork command6m 15s
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Editing colors in the Lab color wheel2m 41s
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Locating specific colors in your artwork5m
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Recoloring artwork using a color group3m 30s
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Reducing your art to three spot colors6m 14s
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The five color reduction methods4m 7s
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Recoloring a repeating tile pattern6m 6s
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My favorite features in all of Illustrator1m 37s
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Applying and expanding a dynamic effect5m 31s
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Drawing an orthogonal cube4m 25s
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Creating a dynamic cube of cubes7m 32s
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Busting up and coloring the cubes5m 37s
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Adding glows and shadows with Outer Glow7m 55s
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Targeting the contents of a group5m 5s
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Clipping effects inside objects3m 52s
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Creating flower petals with Pucker & Bloat6m
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Scale, rotate, and duplicate in one operation4m 52s
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Document Raster Effects Settings6m 20s
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Alternating the colors of repeated objects8m 13s
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Creating an origami effect with Zig Zag4m 9s
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Duplicating effects between fills6m 20s
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Swapping out colors in dynamic art5m 16s
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Saving attributes and effects1m 17s
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Introducing the Graphic Styles panel6m 52s
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Creating your own graphic style6m 11s
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Assigning a style to an entire layer4m 17s
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Updating graphic styles4m 5s
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Experimenting freely without penalty6m 21s
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Combining multiple styles6m 50s
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Utterly mastering graphic styles7m 25s
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Refining a Pucker & Bloat effect5m 36s
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Illustrator’s elaborate print engine1m 14s
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Printing to colored paper stock5m 38s
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Adding a bleed for borderless printing5m
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The Separations Preview panel4m 2s
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Working with Pantone spot colors8m 14s
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Troubleshooting and overprinting6m 28s
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Introducing the Print command6m 21s
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Adding trim and printer’s marks4m 23s
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Exporting color separations6m 16s
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