Have you ever wished you had a tool from one application in another? One such tool I would like to have in Illustrator is Photoshop's gradient tool. Of course Illustrator has a gradient tool but unlike Photoshop's it can only create a gradient between two colors. Photoshop's gradient tool can create a gradient from a color to transparency. Sometimes, however, by using different tools the same effect can be acheived.

In this tutorial we will look at a way to create the look of Photoshop's gradient tool in Illustrator by using Illustrator's Opacity mask....

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