Trying to recreate a colour blend within a text - stumped.

[puw]

I've tried the gradient linear simple fade fill effect, thanks for bringing it to my attention. Yes this is good to have the ability to choose 4 colours, I've learnt something I didn't know here too

However, to get the centre thickness right, the top and bottom colours lose their impact, because the centre band becomes 'neon' like shining, even when I go into the Pantone CMYK Uncoated and select a fairly pale yellow. The brilliance applied to the centre band due the thickness required, just takes away the red and green. So for now, I have to play around with my workaround.

Thanks guys, I do appreciate your input

[mwenz]

A printed graphic will always look a tad grainier than a "fresh" vector graphic on-screen.

What you won't easily obtain the the slight grainy transition between the stops, but likely can with filters. Or post export editing in a bitmap editor to add grain.

In any case, multiple stops along the gradient path works fine.

[mwenz]

Here I exported as a transparent PNG and added a bit of grain effect in an image editor.

Mike

[puw]

Hi Mike, you've got a good effect there - is this using gradients as I can't get the flat colours you have. How did you do this please?

[mwenz]

I have attached the XAR file. Made with XDP, don't know what you are using.

This version of the file has your image, the native XAR text as curves, and the same screen shot with the grain in it.

Mike