blahblah1984
10-25-2015, 10:11 AM
Hello Comic Pros,
I am trying to put a red gradient on a character's inner monologue narration box, to set it apart from the other word balloons. These narration boxes will appear through out the comic on multiple pages.
Typically, I do things the Scott McCloud way, and have all of my word balloons on one layer, putting a stroke value of everything in the layer, and filling in the balloons/boxes with white. When I try to put a red gradient on the narration boxes specifically, there is no change.
When I create a new layer, and put a gradient on each narration box, the exported JPEG comes out as opaque. This effect is not seen on the AI file, it only becomes noticeable when I export as a JPEG.
Can anyone help please?
Our goal is to try and distribute the comic next year, and I need to be able to letter in a way that can work for both print and digital mediums, as I don't want to close any doors for the project.
Thanks in advance to anyone willing to help me understand the beast that is Adobe Illustrator.
-Chad
I am trying to put a red gradient on a character's inner monologue narration box, to set it apart from the other word balloons. These narration boxes will appear through out the comic on multiple pages.
Typically, I do things the Scott McCloud way, and have all of my word balloons on one layer, putting a stroke value of everything in the layer, and filling in the balloons/boxes with white. When I try to put a red gradient on the narration boxes specifically, there is no change.
When I create a new layer, and put a gradient on each narration box, the exported JPEG comes out as opaque. This effect is not seen on the AI file, it only becomes noticeable when I export as a JPEG.
Can anyone help please?
Our goal is to try and distribute the comic next year, and I need to be able to letter in a way that can work for both print and digital mediums, as I don't want to close any doors for the project.
Thanks in advance to anyone willing to help me understand the beast that is Adobe Illustrator.
-Chad