michal78 Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Hi all, This is my request. -An gradient thats follow the stroke of the shape. roryobryan, Peregrin and JGD 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 22, 2015 Staff Share Posted February 22, 2015 Hello michal78, Thanks for your suggestion. Yes, this would be useful in a lot of situations. There's already some options to apply a gradient to a stroke, but none allow a gradient perpendicular to the stroke's path. Welcome to Affinity Forums :) JGD 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michal78 Posted February 23, 2015 Author Share Posted February 23, 2015 Oh i forgot something. Not only a gradient that apply along the stroke ,but also that across the stroke. Same as Illustrator CC. I need really "to across the stroke" for some projects. mondze 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorkyO Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 +1 for the gradient that follows stroke (introduced to Illustrator in CS6). Keep up the great work Affinity team! :P JGD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilleG Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Add one more request for a gradient that follows stroke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busenitz Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 How about a bitmap fill while we're at it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGD Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 +1 for me as well! I have done a nifty project in Ai that used a trick combining this feature with a clipping mask in order to make a more controlled, spiralling colour blend (it was a monogram of two extra bold characters, and I wanted their fills to also blend at their junction, while following their general stroke direction)… It's a killer feature of Ai CS6, indeed. And the great gradient support in Designer has left me salivating for more… ;) While I'm at it, it is *so good* that it was the only feature, for now, that I've used in a production environment (in my day job, no less). I had to do this project with a gradient background, assembled in Photoshop, and I actually made it in bitmap form, exported directly from Designer. Seriously, it is *that* much better than Adobe's… I will rehash this year-old Photoshop.com forum topic on gradients, which I linked to earlier in these forums, as it goes to show just how out-of-touch (some would even say downright nasty and borderline autistic!) Adobe devs are with their most technically-minded users: http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/photoshops_gradient_editor_needs_an_overhaul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roryobryan Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 +1 for gradients that can be perpendicular to a path. I'm currently using gradients to add shadows and highlights to objects to make them look 3d. My next task is to add gradients around the edges of a rounded rectangle, to give the impression it is a cube with rounded over edges. My current plan is to use a quarter of a radial gradient at each corner and linear gradients in between, so it going to be quite fiddly, and not so easy to adjust afterwards. It might be a 1 click task with gradients that are perpendicular to paths. In addition, depending on how it might be implemented it could help with mirrored gradients, e.g. a gradient you might use to draw a cylinder, AFAICT at the moment I need to mirror the gradient manually to get both sides exactly the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hokusai Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 How about a bitmap fill while we're at it? Busenitz, I'm not sure if this is the same as you're asking for but if you use the gradient tool and then go to the context menu and click on "type" you have the choice of using a bitmap as the fill. Or are you talking about something different? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasmurphy Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 I also vote +1 for "Gradient on Path" :) That's what i would need for perfect shadows in PDF/EPS export. Or please export/import shadows within SVG/PDF as Vector Quote Thanks for any reply, Torsten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michal78 Posted March 4, 2016 Author Share Posted March 4, 2016 It is now a year later. But i still miss this feature. Without this feature i cant use designer and need illustrator. A SHAME! For clarity i mean this: http://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/41564/is-it-possible-to-make-a-gradient-follow-a-path-in-illustrator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webrockers Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 +1 for "Gradient on Path" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rui_mac Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 +1 for "Gradient on Path". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michal78 Posted June 14, 2016 Author Share Posted June 14, 2016 MED and the other team members, Do you have ever considered to add my suggestion in the future of design? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted June 14, 2016 Staff Share Posted June 14, 2016 Hi michal78, Yes, we do consider all suggestions. As you can imagine there's a long list of requested features/suggestions from users and staff, and being a small team it's difficult to consider/implement all of them as quickly as most users are probably expecting. The dev team also has it's own roadmap planned, so certain features/requests may only appear after quite some time, while others may be implemented sooner than expected depending on their priorities, on what they are working on, if the features are tied or not to others that may be revamped/revised later etc. Bear with us. I know some time have passed since you have suggested this feature but we are working as fast as we possibly can to address user's feedback. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michal78 Posted July 4, 2016 Author Share Posted July 4, 2016 https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/13517-stroke-gradient-along-curve-or-path/ I am glad that this help me a little bit. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cirkē Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Is it working now with the last version ? I cannot find it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmbhneo Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 +1 Really needed feature :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deva Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 +1 Some features make doing something more convenient, but it is still not too hard to accomplish it anyway. This however, is really hard to do without this function. Basically means using other software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotster Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 On 2/22/2015 at 9:23 AM, MEB said: Hello michal78, There's already some options to apply a gradient to a stroke That's what I'm looking to accomplish, but the answer is not apparent. I can use layer effects outline, but that affects all children as well, which is not what I want. Suggestions appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepr Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted August 8, 2017 Staff Share Posted August 8, 2017 Hi Shotster, Welcome to Affinity Forums Here's the options currently available to apply a gradient directly to a stroke with the Fill Tool (see screenshot). Ashcraaft 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotster Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 Oi! I tried that but missed the separate "context" dropdown menu! I assumed, having selected the stroke in the color palette, that it would automatically apply the gradient to the stroke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 Hi, I do not know if I understood the question, but to get a gradient across the line, why not create a brush with the gradient? Sorry if I answer next to the question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted August 10, 2017 Staff Share Posted August 10, 2017 It all depends on the type of gradient you want. For gradients across the line or along it as in the @owenr example you have to use a brush with a gradient (or alternatively in the case of the gradient across the line you can also use an Outline FX with the Fill style set to Contour in place of the stroke); for regular gradients covering the whole stroke disregarding its direction the gradient stroke fill will do it. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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