How to blend two objects

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Hi,

I have a green rectangle. On top of that I have placed a white oval.

I want to blend the two together so that the line between them is blurred. I want a gradual fade from the green outside to the white inside.

I have selected both and tried all the ‘Blends’ - can’t even get near what I want.

I have also tried using just the green rectangle and a gradient fill but the gradient is always circular - if I could get it to be oval that is the exact look I want.

Any ideas on how to do this - must be doable, surely!

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Hi.
Like so?
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/4957/whitegreenblurredmask.jpg

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Frank

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Try the Exterior Glow (Effects palette>Standard>Exterior Glow). Make the colour White and the Opacity 0.

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Hi,

Thanks to both of you for your help. This is what I am trying to achieve but with the top and bottom green to be the same width as the left and right edges ie. oval shaped. This is just a gradient fill.

http://hawkmount.com/gradient.png

Your suggestions did not have a big enough ‘transition zone’ for my needs - thanks for taking the time to reply.

greg

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I can´t see why that´s not possible.

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/7207/gaussianblur.jpg

Go for Effects->Blur->Gaussian blur instead of Effects->Standard->Gaussian blur.

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Frank

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Hi Frank,

That’s it, that’s what I was looking for - could swear that I had tried that before - obviously I didn’t!

Thanks for your help!

greg

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Glad I got it. :wink:
Yes - it´s not clear that the 2 gaussian blurs use totally different ranges for adjustment.
Have fun.

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Frank

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