Add a lens flare effect to your artwork using the Flare tool

The Flare tool lets you add lens flare effects to your artwork with bright centers, halos, rays, and rings.

A bright center, halo, rays and rings are added to a light house using the flare tool.

  1. Select the Flare   tool.

  2. Drag on the artboard to create a flare object, setting the center and size of the halo and rotating the angle of the rays.

  3. Drag on the artboard again to add rings to the flare and place the end handle.

  4. Double-click the Flare   tool to open the Flare Tool Options dialog box. Customize the Center, Halo, Rays, and Rings options to edit your flare object.

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