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Creating Gradient Brushes
Tom Nelson (01.13.2007 @ 22:34)
Great tutorial, Scott! This is really useful.
James Dai (02.23.2007 @ 18:20)
Fantastico!
Brad Hamann (03.13.2007 @ 15:56)
Very nicely done. :-)
Renee Z (04.28.2008 @ 13:28)
Works very well, but now my EPS is over 80 MB! Any tips on saving this to make it smaller? Before adding the gradients it was under 1 MB. Thanks!!!
Scott (04.28.2008 @ 13:55)
Hi Renee, Your file size depends greatly on the artwork. If you've used these brushes a great deal, then yes, file size will increase. Also, using fewer steps in the blend will reduce the amount of objects and therefore reduce the file size. And rather than using .eps format, using .pdf or .ai will also reduce the file size because .eps is a flat file format. I'm uncertain if any of these are an option for you.

