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[ Resolved ]Amending gradient on line / stroke - Designer iPad


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Really struggling with this one. Questions:

(Designer - iPad)

  1. How should you apply gradients to line / stroke? ( The only way I was able to achieve the illustration below was by selecting a gradient in the swatches panel/colour studio).
  2. How do you then amend the gradient?

Every time I select the gradient tool, it deselects the line.

Thank you

illustration below should make it clear what I’m trying to do.

Amend-line-gradient.jpg

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Words are crude implements, difficult to get perfect, easy to get tied in knots with, and often - usually - misunderstood, which is why 'tolarence' is the best word of all.

The word "professional" fits us all - amateur, semi-pro, beginner, advanced, middle, beyond it all, and on....., because professionals are tolerant.

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Your screenshot shows that you have the fill button selected (at the top left-hand side of the Context toolbar). Tap on the button below that to select the stroke instead.

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New attached... questions the same...

If I next select the gradient tool, the stroke gets deselected and we end up at the 1st screenshot

Thanks @Alfred

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Words are crude implements, difficult to get perfect, easy to get tied in knots with, and often - usually - misunderstood, which is why 'tolarence' is the best word of all.

The word "professional" fits us all - amateur, semi-pro, beginner, advanced, middle, beyond it all, and on....., because professionals are tolerant.

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Interesting... just checked in the Desktop version of Designer. In there, it behaves exactly the same... just going to double check the help on this.

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Words are crude implements, difficult to get perfect, easy to get tied in knots with, and often - usually - misunderstood, which is why 'tolarence' is the best word of all.

The word "professional" fits us all - amateur, semi-pro, beginner, advanced, middle, beyond it all, and on....., because professionals are tolerant.

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Here’s what I get with the fill button selected:777E0196-100C-47CB-B530-59D6031960D7.jpeg.e5b707e397973d5dfb6f458353941fa7.jpeg
 

And this is what I see when I switch to the stroke button:E2F8F41A-3908-4D8B-81E1-DFD39CD2A0D5.jpeg.21b025b470e6737d99befcc440a592ce.jpeg

I can now simply tap on the existing nodes to amend them, or tap somewhere in between to add new nodes.

 

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O-o-o-oh, for flippin 'eck, @Alfred. It was staring me in the face!!

I was totally focussed at the top of the screen on the Colour Studio... duh, doh. Though I did uncheck "Aspect" at the bottom... and those two buttons totally passed me by.

Thank you again @Alfred, what would I do without you, mate? I'm cooking wi' gas now!

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Started before my first cuppa this morning, brain not yet functioning - one of those days where you wake up with a new idea about how to do your project and crack on before you're fully awake. That's my excuse and sticking to it. Can you tell I feel a chump?

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I was just editing my last post when Alfred sorted me out. I was recording that when choosing the gradient tool, the bounding box disappearing is normal. It had thrown me though, and sent me off down a rabbit hole.

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Words are crude implements, difficult to get perfect, easy to get tied in knots with, and often - usually - misunderstood, which is why 'tolarence' is the best word of all.

The word "professional" fits us all - amateur, semi-pro, beginner, advanced, middle, beyond it all, and on....., because professionals are tolerant.

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16 minutes ago, ProDesigner said:

Started before my first cuppa this morning, brain not yet functioning - one of those days where you wake up with a new idea about how to do your project and crack on before you're fully awake. That's my excuse and sticking to it.

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