Hi, I've tried this tutorial many times before I could make it work. If you're frustrated too, this is what you're probably doing wrong: when you cut the texturized gradient, you don't have to paste it again on the artboard, but on the black miniature of the opacity mask, in the transparency panel (select the black square first).
What do you mean "again, paste in place". Every time I do that it pulls the first image to the front. But when I try to add grain texture to the gradient, it says I've got nothing selected....
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after i created the mask, i cant seem to be able to select the items behind... i really hate illustrator, the most overcomplicated and frustrating program in the world
@@sofiavarano7959 I've been using illustrator for many years, and only recently have I been delving more into its creative functionality. Enjoyable tutorials such as yours, help me to gain confidence and add to my artistic armoury. 👍
Hey I was wondering if you know how to apply this affect to text, my problem is that there is a gradient on each letter instead of from one end of the word to the other.
this is driving me nuts... i can't figure out why the copied layer disappears altogether when the grain is applied, the original layer is gone.. what am i doing wrong -_______-
OK...i got it but it didnt work in exactly this order working from this AI file.. FIRST, when selecting the object, UNGROUP. And when selecting the specific object, you must copy and past that object in the TRANSPARENCY window and then select in the desired contrast color and THEN apply the gradient and then the texture.. it maybe the newer versions Illustrator thats messing this up.. but i got it..
