tristanbay Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 This is a feature that has likely already been requested to be added, but I searched the forums and didn't notice anyone posting this same sort of request. In CC 2019, a REALLY nice gradient feature got added to Illustrator called the Freeform Gradient. The way you use it is you add different points for the gradient to follow. You can make them different colors, make gradient paths using points, and even adjust how much those colors spread from those points. Unfortunately, Designer doesn't have this feature yet and I would really like to see it implemented soon because it seems like such a nice way to make gradients. There are also gradient meshes, but it seems like Designer doesn't have these either, even though these seem a bit harder to work with on average. I don't use Illustrator currently, but I have in the past and I think Affinity Designer lacks some of the features that Illustrator does. There are a couple more things that I can think of that I don't see an option for in Designer, but there is one for in Illustrator. I can make 1 or 2 separate posts about those, though. SrPx, Glicky and habahu 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David LARK Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Im actually curious if this could be replicated with a workaround ... maybe creating circles with 100 to 0 opacity radial gradients? if anyone know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominik Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 17 hours ago, David LARK said: Im actually curious if this could be replicated with a workaround ... maybe creating circles with 100 to 0 opacity radial gradients? if anyone know? Hello @David LARK, I posted a while ago a method that is certainly no replacement to a Freeform Gradient the OP is referring to, but in some situations it may work. See here: Try it yourself. d. Quote Affinity Designer 1 & 2 | Affinity Photo 1 & 2 | Affinity Publisher 1 & 2 Affinity Designer 2 for iPad | Affinity Photo 2 for iPad | Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad Windows 11 64-bit - Core i7 - 16GB - Intel HD Graphics 4600 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M iPad pro 9.7" + Apple Pencil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcadint Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 Wish granted.. beginning of last year January 2020. Actually Affinity Designer does have free form gradient. It was added at the beginning of 2020 to Affinity Designer with the new Appearances tab which allows you to add multiple fills and strokes to a layer. If you add a gradient either circle or ellipse to the fill and then set the right sides opacity to 0% so its completely transparent and the left side to the desired colour and set the blend mode to average (or you can play around with it) it will become a free form gradient point and function just like free form gradient in Adobe Illustrator. Duplicate the fills and adjust the color on the left and you will have multiple gradient points that will interact with one another. Use the handles on the gradient to stretch and shrink the area of coverage of the gradient and how much it overlaps with the gradient fill point next to it. matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 Thanks, this multiple gradient fill is just what i was looking for. The interface is very obscure and hidden compared to what I've previously used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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