leonahussey Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 will someone pls explain the gradient tool. it does not make sense. read the instructions. the slider thingy on my image keeps disappearing. one minute its there. next, its gone. how do i get two colours? there is only one colour on the colour wheel. in the instructions there is a gradient tab. i don't have it. its hard to explain. gradients make no sense. i am struggling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omegaman Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Not sure what's happening here. If you click off the object, yes the gradient slider will disappear. Just select the Gradient Tool again and the slider will reappear. Choose the gradient colour box, top left (after the word Linear) and click on it. You'll see the gradient options for changing those colours. Click the circle at either end to change the colour. Make sure your object is selected first! Hope this makes sense. Quote 2009: 27 inch iMac / Intel Core i5 / 2.66 GHz / 16 GB Memory / System: Yosemite 10.10.3 – PRINCIPAL DESIGN SOFTWARE: QuarkXpress 9.5.1, 10.5 and 2015 / Pinegrow Web Designer / Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo / Acorn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted October 14, 2014 Staff Share Posted October 14, 2014 Hi leonahussey I've made a small demo video. Hope it helps. Let me know if you still have problems. Dale and CartoonMike 2 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omegaman Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Thanks for the video MEB. Quote 2009: 27 inch iMac / Intel Core i5 / 2.66 GHz / 16 GB Memory / System: Yosemite 10.10.3 – PRINCIPAL DESIGN SOFTWARE: QuarkXpress 9.5.1, 10.5 and 2015 / Pinegrow Web Designer / Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo / Acorn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonahussey Posted October 14, 2014 Author Share Posted October 14, 2014 thanks. now there is no line around objects. i can move them, but when i select, there is no line to show they are selected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted October 14, 2014 Staff Share Posted October 14, 2014 Just out of curiosity, which operating system are you running? Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonahussey Posted October 14, 2014 Author Share Posted October 14, 2014 i didn't realise the gradient tool was at the top. I'm looking to the right. thats where everything else is. but i still have no selection box. it has gone. i can move objects, but cannot see that they are selected. i hardly use AD as i always get stressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonahussey Posted October 14, 2014 Author Share Posted October 14, 2014 I'm running 10.7.5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonahussey Posted October 14, 2014 Author Share Posted October 14, 2014 ome, thanks for that. i would never have looked up there. i was looking to the right. that just seems logical to me. MEB, i'll check out your video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted October 14, 2014 Staff Share Posted October 14, 2014 leonahussey, Affinity Designer is a complete new program and we are all learning it from scratch... It's natural sometimes we get a bit lost with something. It may not even be our fault but some bug somewhere crippling something... With time we all get there :) Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonahussey Posted October 14, 2014 Author Share Posted October 14, 2014 Thanks MEB. how to attach screenshot. I have lost my layers on the layers panel. i quit everything, switched off comp and switched back on, but now have no layers. I'm not getting stressed. I accept it's just not happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Leigh Posted October 15, 2014 Staff Share Posted October 15, 2014 Leonahussey, when you reply to this topic there is a More Reply Options button next to the Post button. This will take you to another page where you can attach your screenshot. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted October 15, 2014 Staff Share Posted October 15, 2014 leonahussey, Here's how to attach a screenshot in this forum. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonahussey Posted October 15, 2014 Author Share Posted October 15, 2014 thanks leigh and MEB. i just figured it out and added my screenshots in another post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Leigh Posted October 16, 2014 Staff Share Posted October 16, 2014 Thanks for the video MEB :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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