how to create a "gradient" with hard lines and save as style?

[Polygonius]

I ooften want "flaggs"  gouverment and real-goverment (NGO) colors... and so on... as "gradient" style, but flags and so on, uses extrem hard "borders" between its colors...  ("no gradient"...).

So, how can adjust a "style" with hard hard borders an only (maybe) 2-3 HART sepretatd colors (Nogradient????)

Well i can use a "threshchold" or someting like that as filter/adhust (why this artifizical SEPERATION... its the same for me as end-user.... but, thats another question....) BUT whynot can i create grdient maps/styles  with really HARD "trechhoclds" in it self? Or HOW can i do?????

i have 6 colors and set my "breakpoints" and say: hard edge at ech breakpoint.... save this ans style.... and maybe, maybe, maybe.... please, plese, plese give thepssibilty to use gradient-"14. 27.... coloor-shemes as "Grandient MAPS"...

And BTW: PRESETS for a special adjsutment/filter....", should be esay via left/right symbols (left/right-kexs...)  really fast and reachable be! 

You are great lovely SERIF, but your "workflow" is often/sometimes so 1980... PLEASE focus next UPDATE of this! 

Get inspiered by KRIKA; DAW-plug-INs... and so on... 

At least Half of UNNESSARY mouseways and clicks... you COULDT reduce!!!!!

 

 

[NotMyFault]

Hi,

 

one easy way to create gradients with hard edges is:

• Create a regular black to white gradient
• group the layer. Add Layer FX overlay with 0% opacity to eliminate dithering 
• add posterise adjustment with n steps (n = number of intended colors)
• add gradient map adjustment and set n colors in equal steps (black - red - yellow in this example)

Gradient hard edges.afphoto

[NotMyFault]

Alternative option:

• create 3 rectangular shapes, no stroke, and align them in a row
• save as asset
• If you need gradient with 3 colors, nest assest to original shape, and resize as needed. Set fill colors to 3-rectabgle to taste
• If you need more colors, creat asset with 4, 5, 6 ... rectangles

[G13RL]

Another way to do it: apply a gradient with the three desired colors, superimposing exactly one yellow stop and one red stop at 33.33% and one black stop and one yellow stop at 66.66%. Then rotate the gradient or circle. Select the circle, create the style from the selection.

[NotMyFault]

7 minutes ago, G13RL said:

Another way to do it: apply a gradient with the three desired colors, superimposing exactly one yellow stop and one red stop at 33.33% and one black stop and one yellow stop at 66.66%. Then rotate the gradient or circle. Select the circle, create the style from the selection.

I tried this method on Mac and iPad, but it didn't work: whenever I superimpose 2 nodes, the node color creates a soft gradient to the left instead of hard edge. 

PS: Found the cause.

• It does not work when using the fill tool on the canvas.
• It does work when using the fill toolbar (the only where you can set positions by numbers)

Edited March 13, 2022 by NotMyFault

[G13RL]

2 minutes ago, NotMyFault said:

I tried this method on Mac and iPad, but it didn't work: whenever I superimpose 2 nodes, the node color creates a soft gradient to the left instead of hard edge. Could you upload an example file?

Sure, I'm preparing this.

[G13RL]

Sorry, I could not attach the file directly. Once on the site, click on the red button to access the file.

https://www.cjoint.com/c/LCntAsNUUh2

[Polygonius]

Thank you ALL Guys and SORRY for delay.... but APs new website didnt tell there are answers too this.... (BTW:  i do not find my "My content" anymore???? - i just have to click my "icon" anymore ... its of course better, alos like .... for "new menue".... , but if you  do not know about this "new feature" its also really confusing....  too implement stuff like this.... WITHOUT any "new gui-optimizise-TELLS"  is rally frsutarting. I mean I can figure it out, biut my pa, or evan grandpa.... became really confused by all this "devolepepings" without ASKING jim (give a ramp-time)... but who knows all these people in its new brave  gouverment/it-chips-"udpdate-"people/transhumans"-world we force too??? Let the old and useless die, die, die...  as ssoner as better, but not on C19... in this case WE (camouflage-eugenics)  want of course to save EACH live...

Sorry, i´m little bit going emotional by all this lies/hypocrisy.... 

Thank you guys, need tips belong!

[G13RL]

@Polygonius, thanks for the feedback!

[Alfred]

5 hours ago, Polygonius said:

SORRY for delay.... but APs new website didnt tell there are answers too this.... (BTW:  i do not find my "My content" anymore????