saving a gradient

[wtrgrl16]

Hi,

I am creating a flower with gradient petals and I am pulling up a default gradient that is not of my choosing. I am trying to make changes, but sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't and I'm stumped.waterlily:affinity.afdesign

[MEB]

H wtrgrl16,

Welcome to Affinity Forums :)

I'm not sure what you are doing but you can save the gradient in the swatches palette for easy access. Check this video (no audio). I've created a new document palette, renamed it to "My palette" then added the gradient to it. Finally i selected another petal (which did have a lower layer opacity), applied the saved gradient to it and adjusted it's position/angle with the Fill Tool.

 

Note: you have Edit All Layers button disabled in your document. I don't know if this was intended or by accident but it's the reason you cannot click on the petals on the canvas to select them. If you enable it (it's the bottom left button on the Layers panel) you can then select the petals on canvas simply by clicking on them.

 

Let me know if you still have trouble.