Gear maker Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 I can create a gradient for a stroke using the left pull-down stroke panel. But it only seems to make a horizontal gradient. My stroke has a vertical and horizontal portion, I am trying to add the gradient to the vertical portion. How do I rotate the gradient 90 degrees? If that's not possible how do I limit the Layer Effect to the stroke only? Quote iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) with macOS Sierra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted December 29, 2014 Staff Share Posted December 29, 2014 Hi Gear maker, I'm a little confused about what you're trying to do to what - and in what dialogs? Is there any chance you could post a screenshot or two to help? :) Thanks :) Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gear maker Posted December 29, 2014 Author Share Posted December 29, 2014 Hi Matt, in the one picture there is a stroked line that is mainly vertical. I've made it blue just to show it, it's actually to be gray. I want to have the line have a gradient, lighter on the top and darker on the bottom. The second picture is of the gradient panel. It only seems to allow a linear gradient to be horizontal, but I need it vertical. If it were the fill then the Layer Effect would do it because I can specify an angle. But I only want the stroke changed. Happy New Year. Quote iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) with macOS Sierra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted December 29, 2014 Staff Share Posted December 29, 2014 No problem Gear maker, just go to the Gradient Tool (press 'g') and choose 'Stroke' from the 'context' on the context toolbar then just drag the handles with the mouse. If you want perfectly horizontal/vertical then use the Shift modifier to constrain it Hopefully that helps :) Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gear maker Posted January 8, 2015 Author Share Posted January 8, 2015 Hi Matt, That worked. Shouldn't the gradient on the stoke have a direction option? Thank you. Quote iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) with macOS Sierra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted January 8, 2015 Staff Share Posted January 8, 2015 You can define its direction through the gradient's handle on the canvas. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Setting the direction of a gradient in a dialog is very clunky in my mind compared to live and instant tools that respond to clicks, drags, and drag and drop edits, but you aren't the first person to try and find the parameter there, GM. I suspect this is down to conditioning from inferior software, I can tell you it's OK, you will get used to things being... live. :) Quote Twitter: @Writer_DaleAffinity apps run on: Ryzen 5 3600, 32GB RAM, GTX1650 Super Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Ben Posted January 9, 2015 Staff Share Posted January 9, 2015 Another little gem for certain applications where you have to set a gradient angle - and something I found from writing PSD import/export - the angle you specify for your gradient in PShop is not the actual angle that you get. Try creating a vector rectangle, rotate it to 30 degrees with the free transform, then create another object with a linear gradient at 30 degrees - you will see that the angles are not the same at all. So - would you rather have an app that pretends to give you a gradient at an angle, or an app that lets you place your gradient precisely in the context of your document??? CartoonMike 1 Quote SerifLabs team - Affinity Developer Software engineer - Photographer - Guitarist - Philosopher iMac 27" Retina 5K (Late 2015), 4.0GHz i7, AMD Radeon R9 M395 MacBook (Early 2015), 1.3GHz Core M, Intel HD 5300 iPad Pro 10.5", 256GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TatianKa Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 No problem Gear maker, just go to the Gradient Tool (press 'g') and choose 'Stroke' from the 'context' on the context toolbar then just drag the handles with the mouse. If you want perfectly horizontal/vertical then use the Shift modifier to constrain it Hopefully that helps :) Matt That did not work for me on Affinity Designer for Windows. When I decide to add a gradient to stroke only just the way you have described, it adds inner gradient fill but leaves the stroke itself unchanged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 That did not work for me on Affinity Designer for Windows. When I decide to add a gradient to stroke only just the way you have described, it adds inner gradient fill but leaves the stroke itself unchanged. Do you not see a "Context:" item on the left side of the Context toolbar (the toolbar that changes depending on the tool you select) when you select the Fill Tool (also called the gradient tool)? It should have two popup choices, Fill or Stroke. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TatianKa Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Do you not see a "Context:" item on the left side of the Context toolbar (the toolbar that changes depending on the tool you select) when you select the Fill Tool (also called the gradient tool)? It should have two popup choices, Fill or Stroke. Oh, there it was! Now I see it! Thank you so much for help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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