So I've created many sparkles in Illustrator, but now I'm trying to make a shine or highlight.
I'm trying to replicate the highlighted circles in the second half of this animation:
It appears to just be a series of circles in varying opacities:
When I try to make it, it doesn't look blended.
Any thoughts on what would achieve this look? I'm stumped.
it looks to be a radius gradient from 100% white to 0% and transparent in line from 100% to 0%.
If you open the gradient editor in photoshop, on the gradient bar, you have two carrots on the top of the bar and two on the bottom. The top two control your transparency, and the bottom two control your color. Set both left to 100%, and both right to 0% with the color being white.
you should be able to do that to make your PNG. I can try to post screen shots if you need them.
While the flare tool is a good idea, it uses a bunch of layered transparency effects in Illustrator that rely on overlaying an image. when you try to export just the flare, it doesn't work right.
You can use Illustrator's native "Flare tool" to achieve what you are looking for.
