ecureuil Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 I most often need a linear type gradient. By default, upon selecting the gradient tool, the type is set to "None". Is there a way somehow to have the gradient type be set to "Linear" by default? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotMyFault Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 You may use styles as a convenient way to assign a gradient, or use swatches panel Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | Windows 10 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589 Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lacerto Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 I am not sure if I have done something to enable the feature, but whenever I select the Gradient Tool and start dragging within a selected object, the result is a linear gradient with start and end stops at ends of the dragged line (I tried to make elliptical, radial, or conical gradient as the default, but could not, so the app just seems to remember the last used setting document-wise). ecureuil and walt.farrell 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotMyFault Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Both statements are true: by default the UI shows „none“ as gradient type you can simply start dragging a linear gradient without choosing a type before. The type is set automatically to linear. walt.farrell and ecureuil 1 1 Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | Windows 10 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589 Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecureuil Posted January 15 Author Share Posted January 15 I am in Affinity Photo. I use the linear gradient as a mask for an adjustment layer. For example, I might want to darker only the upper part of the sky. If I start dragging the gradient without selecting a type nothing happens. I will read up on what the styles and the swatches panel can do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotMyFault Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Can you please provide a screen recording, full window covered including the layer panel visible? I cannot reproduce Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | Windows 10 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589 Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecureuil Posted January 15 Author Share Posted January 15 You're right! I don't know what I was doing before. 🤦♂️ I've just opened a photograph, added an adjustment layer, dragged the gradient tool across and it nicely added a mask with a linear gradient. 🤩 Thank you! NotMyFault 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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