stop AP gradients defaulting to black and white?

[kat]

Anyway to get AP and AP fx to stop gradients defaulting to black and white? I always have to go to default then click one of my gradient swatches.

Much prefer the way AD gradients lets me start with a color of my choice.

[Dan C]

Hi @kat,

Unfortunately I don't believe it's currently possible to change the default gradient colours used for the Gradient Tool when applying to a Pixel Layer or using the FX options in either Affinity Photo or Affinity Designer currently, my apologies.

However if you are using the Gradient Tool on a Vector object (such as a rectangle) the current fill colour will be used for the first stop of the gradient, with the end stop being a darker version of this colour.

I'll be sure to pass this feedback through to our developers, to allow users to define a default gradient when using the Gradient Tool.

I hope this helps

[thomaso]

24 minutes ago, Dan C said:

the current fill colour will be used for the first stop of the gradient, with the end stop being a darker version of this colour.

… or lighter, if the current colour was setup via CMYK sliders.

… or darker + hue variation (and as HSL), if the current colour is a CYMK spot colour swatch,

both in a rgb or cmyk document.

[Dan C]

1 hour ago, thomaso said:

… or lighter, if the current colour was setup via CMYK sliders.

… or darker + hue variation (and as HSL), if the current colour is a CYMK spot colour swatch,

I'm certainly seeing this behaviour, though I can't explain it - thanks for raising this, I'll get it logged with the devs

[kat]

Got it, stuck with black & white with pixels. 

the current fill colour will be used for the first stop of the gradient, with the end stop being a darker version of this colour.

… or lighter, if the current colour was setup via CMYK sliders.

… or darker + hue variation (and as HSL), if the current colour is a CYMK spot colour swatch,

both in a rgb or cmyk docu

[thomaso]

54 minutes ago, kat said:

Got it, stuck with black & white with pixels. 

For a Pixel layer the Gradient Tool always defaults to White –> Gray (rgb 166) to me in APub V1, – entirely regardless of the current fill/stroke colours in the panels when selecting the Gradient Tool and of the documents colour space.

[kat]

Another gradient Q. How do I move the gradient within the element? Thought if I hold control and click gradient I could move gradient which doesn't work.

[loukash]

20 minutes ago, kat said:

How do I move the gradient within the element?

Gradient tool

[kat]

I can move an entire 3 point radial gradient by click and dragging the center point.

But no way to move an entire 2 point gradient. Only possible to move one of the 2 points which changes the gradient?

[loukash]

18 minutes ago, kat said:

no way to move an entire 2 point gradient

Cmd-click one of the points and drag. See the status bar for more modifier options.