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Hi guys,

I'm using Affinity Photo for Windows and can't seem to find how to adjust the direction of a gradient stroke added to text, all I'm presented with is the attached? The Fill isn't a problem as that's controlled by clicking the Gradient icon.

 

Thanks in advance

Neil

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Hi Neil,

 

If you're wanting to have text with no Fill but a gradient Stroke, this method will work. Select the text with the stroke setup, then on the Effects panel enable Gradient Overlay. Now click the small gear icon, here you can set the gradient and set the angle. 

 

If you have access to Affinity Designer it's easier and you have better control, with the text setup and selected. You can use the Gradient Tool changing the drop down to Stroke. You can then adjust the gradient and angle by moving the nodes that appear over the text.

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You can use an outline layer effect to add a gradient to the stroke at any angle

 

 

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I'm using Affinity Photo for Windows and can't seem to find how to adjust the direction of a gradient stroke added to text, all I'm presented with is the attached? The Fill isn't a problem as that's controlled by clicking the Gradient icon.

 

I suggest using the Fill tool. Change the context to Stroke (at left of the Fill context toolbar), change the type to Linear (or whatever) and drag the fill handles how you want.

 

People don't always seem to find the Fill tool, but it's often the easiest way to edit gradients.

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I suggest using the Fill tool. Change the context to Stroke (at left of the Fill context toolbar), change the type to Linear (or whatever) and drag the fill handles how you want.

 

People don't always seem to find the Fill tool, but it's often the easiest way to edit gradients.

 

Where is the Fill Tool in Photo? I cant find it. :(

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MEB - you're right. I mostly work on Designer and Publisher so I hadn't realised Photo didn't have the Context control. And it's an oversight. We'll get this put in for 1.6.

 

Carl123, it's actually called the Gradient tool and it's the thing that looks like a CD player about a third of the way down the list of tools on the left.

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Thanks, I know the Gradient Tool quite well.  Just thought I was missing another Tool somewhere

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I have wondered about Photo calling it the Gradient tool and Designer calling it the Fill tool. Perhaps one of them should be renamed for more consistency across the applications.  ;)

I think that is a great idea, & I also think it should be called the Gradient tool in both apps, because I doubt anybody normally uses it for anything besides creating gradients. It is confusing enough that in AD is called the Fill tool & has both a Fill & a Stroke context; if Photo gets that too it is going to confuse more people.

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I think that is a great idea, & I also think it should be called the Gradient tool in both apps, because I doubt anybody normally uses it for anything besides creating gradients. It is confusing enough that in AD is called the Fill tool & has both a Fill & a Stroke context; if Photo gets that too it is going to confuse more people.

 

If they do see fit to change it, maybe they'll also change the tooltip to 'Gradient Tool'. It's currently just 'Gradient', and when I queried this during the APh on Windows public beta test I was told this was by design. Apart from questions of documentation and parity with the Mac version, there was some silly nonsense about keeping it short; the latter ignores the fact that there are some much longer tooltips such as 'Inpainting Brush Tool'.

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