Rainbow Gel Buttons - Illustrator Tutorial

This tutorial shows how to make a rainbow of colored gel buttons based on a single master button. Anyone with intermediate level skills should be able to follow this tutorial. There are similar tutorials on making gel buttons but all of them I have seen are pixel-based and use image editing programs to create the effect. This tutorial uses a drawing program. The advantage is that merely by changing the color values of the individual objects in the master button you can create a button of any color. With a pixel-based program you virtually have to make the button from scratch each time you want to change the color. You can only use programs that support vector objects, live (editable) bitmap effects and transparency for this kind of button. Adobe® Illustrator 9 fits the bill. I can't think of an easier way to create these buttons because, as you will experience for yourself, changing the color of the button is nothing more than a couple of clicks away. - View Tutorial »

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