vitaprimo Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 There are times when you get the perfect color for something but it's trapped in a gradient and the color picker just won't do. The recent colors section saves the whole gradient. This is also a problem when you want to repeat colors within a gradient but the copy button is not enough--the last color, for instance. If the color points could be dragged out of the gradient composer or insert-name-here it would be amazing 'cause then you could just drop 'em in the palette or something--but they can't. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David in Яuislip Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 Try creating a rectangle, apply the gradient then drag the colour picker over your required colour Quote Microsoft Windows 11 Home, Intel i7-1360P 2.20 GHz, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Intel Iris Xe Affinity Photo - 24/05/20, Affinity Publisher - 06/12/20, KTM Superduke - 27/09/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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David in Яuislip Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 Good spot, I hadn't noticed that. It works perfectly Quote Microsoft Windows 11 Home, Intel i7-1360P 2.20 GHz, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Intel Iris Xe Affinity Photo - 24/05/20, Affinity Publisher - 06/12/20, KTM Superduke - 27/09/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitaprimo Posted July 29, 2020 Author Share Posted July 29, 2020 Thanks for answering both, Yeah, normally I try to make it work with the eyedropper but it only picks up the surface color, it doesn't pick alpha and is isn't always precise. Designer doesn't that color picker in-steroids--it seems from the Affinity Photo screenshot…BTW, I don't think I've launched Photo more than twice. 🤔 Anyway, if it's not possible at least it's out there now, hopefully the devs monitor the forum, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitaprimo Posted July 29, 2020 Author Share Posted July 29, 2020 Looking at my own screenshot (I was comparing to Designer to Photo) something sort of popped up. It does answer my question but it'd still be nice if color points could be rearranged, I think I saw this in another editor but I've been using Designer for about three years now, I don't remember what else is there. 🙃 Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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vitaprimo Posted July 29, 2020 Author Share Posted July 29, 2020 I didn't know the command-click shortcut, thanks. What I mean is that they ALL can't be freely rearranged within the same dialog window?-panel? IDK. The one on the right end can't be copied or moved, the left end can be copied but not moved. I guess it doesn't matter now that I learned to pick the color, but for me this is just a hobby. I imagine for pros it could get tedious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lacerto Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 (...) vitaprimo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitaprimo Posted July 29, 2020 Author Share Posted July 29, 2020 Thanks for the class, design was a surprise aptitude and I enjoy learning little tricks, even when I've seen it before people do things differently and it's never lost time. BTW I didn't know this thing had sound and your post scared the living **** out of me 😂 Even worse, it was until the second noise I realize what was it--sort of.. I knew it was a browser window. 💡 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palatino Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 Nobody saw the panel? Quote Thanks to DeepL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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