Now, in the top left corner of the artboard, let’s create a dark gray square with dimensions 20x20px. The dimensions of the rectangle should correspond to the size. Next up is our semi-transparent background. Images with low-opacity can often provide more options when you’re creating a design or adding elements to an illustration. In order to make your semi-transparent background, create a light gray square using the Rectangle Tool (M). Click on the Advanced button and set the RGB color mode, if it isn’t installed by default. In order to design our lens flare vectors, we’ll first create a new document (File> New …). We’ll then set the size of our artboard – 600圆00px.
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Today we’ll learn how to create lens flare vectors with transparent backgrounds! We’ll do this using simple vector objects, blending modes, and the Flare Tool.