wow! How nice to have 2 very speedy responses!
I will remove the gradients and continue onward. Thanks so much for the feedback. (yeah… the “banner” is going to be tricky. I’ll prolly make that a completely different element using Trapcode 3D Stroke’s “bend” feature).
I’m looking forward to when I know enough to tackle some questions in this forum 🙂
cheers,
tim