AllAppsUser Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 I’m encountering this extra gradient line a lot. I believe it’s when an object with a gradient applied is scaled or transformed in any way. Then when I decide to tweak the gradient and choose the gradient tool -> this (attached) is what I see. Feels like the moment I do anything with an object with a gradient, this is added. 1) Is there an easy, quick, no-faff way to get rid of it, please? 2) Am I doing something when first applying the gradient that invites this? Put another way: can I apply a gradient and set something that prevents this? Thank you - all help appreciated, always. Quote - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllAppsUser Posted January 29, 2021 Author Share Posted January 29, 2021 Very odd. I’ve just set-to editing a gradient. It had this extra spine as illustrated above (don’t know what it’s called). I tapped the colour node on the solid spine (original gradient line) to change the colour. Changed the colour, then - assuming I’d have to - tapped the corresponding node on the extra spine. Bam! The extra spine disappeared! I have no idea why that hasn’t happened before. (Possibly because I’ve tended to want to move the nodes, not recolour them?) Not quite got my head around it - am fazed by this extra spine... but progress. Quote - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3DJ Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Ive seen this as well, not sure but it hasn’t stopped me from being able to do anything I wanted. Feels like it is trying to tie into an elliptical type of gradient UI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derrick Phillips Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 I just gave this a shot because it was something noticed too. It seems these are handles to adjust the angle of the gradient. FullSizeRender.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM1 Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 On 1/30/2021 at 9:04 AM, ProDesigner said: I believe it’s when an object with a gradient applied is scaled or transformed in any way. Then when I decide to tweak the gradient and choose the gradient tool -> this (attached) is what I see. Feels like the moment I do anything with an object with a gradient, this is added. After playing with this it seems that after transforming, the new handles allow you to adjust the shear to realign the angle of the gradient. When restored to original angle the shear adjustment disappears. IMG_5171.MP4 Quote M1 IPad Air 10.9/256GB lpadOS 17.1.1 Apple Pencil (2nd gen). Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Affinity Design 1.10.5 Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Photo 2 and betas. Official Online iPad Help documents (multi-lingual) here: https://affinity.https://affinity.help/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllAppsUser Posted February 2, 2021 Author Share Posted February 2, 2021 Thanks everyone. I am reading your responses. Just not had time to digest or do more on it. I will come back to this one - inevitably, because it occurs a lot. Quote - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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