- [Instructor] Here's how to apply
a simple metallic gradient effect to type.
Firstly, I'll come to my swatches panel
and from the swatches library menu come down to gradients
and then to metals.
I'm going to use gold radial and chrome.
So I'll click on both of those to add them
to my swatches panel.
On now select the type
and come to my appearance panel,
add a new fill,
which I will change
to the gold radial gradient,
and then come to the stroke
which I will change to the chrome gradient
now because I want the stroke to go outside
of the letter shape.
I'm going to drag the stroke
beneath the fill,
and then increase it's white.
Now I'll come to the gradient panel,
when applying a gradient to a stroke,
it can be applied within the stroke
which is what we currently have
along the stroke
or across the stroke.
I'm going to go with the second option along the stroke.
I might also want to edit the gradient
by adjusting the position of the color stops.
Then I will return to the appearance panel
and make a duplicate of this stroke.
And on the top of those two strokes
I'll change the blending mode to color burn.