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Painting

Last updated 6/5/2015

Create an elliptical gradient

You can create linear, radial, or elliptical gradients. When you change the aspect ratio for a radial gradient, it becomes

an elliptical gradient for which you can also change the angle and make it tilt.

1 In the Gradient panel, choose Radial from the Type menu.

2 Specify an Aspect Ratio value other than 100%.

3 To tilt the ellipse, specify an Angle value other than 0.

Modify the colors in a gradient

1 Do one of the following:

• To modify a gradient without filling an object with it, deselect all objects and double-click the Gradient tool or

click the gradient box at the bottom of the Tools panel.

• To modify an object’s gradient, select the object, and open the Gradient panel.

• To modify a preset gradient, select a gradient from the Gradient menu in the Gradient panel. Or, click a gradient

swatch in the Swatches panel, and then open the Gradient panel.

2 To change the color of a stop, do any of the following:

• Double-click a gradient stop (in either the Gradient panel or the selected object), and specify a new color in the

panel that appears. You can change the panel that appears by clicking the Color or Swatches icon along the left.

Click outside the panel to accept the selection.

• Drag a color from the Color panel or the Swatches panel onto the gradient stop.

Note: If you create a gradient between spot colors, you must deselect Convert To Process in the Separation Setup dialog

box to print the gradient in individual spot color separations.

3 To add intermediate colors to a gradient, drag a color from the Swatches panel or the Color panel onto the gradient

slider in the Gradient panel. Or, click anywhere below the gradient slider, and then select a color as you would for

the starting or ending color.

4 To delete an intermediate color, drag the square off the gradient slider or select it and click the Delete button in

the Gradient panel.

5 To adjust the location of colors in the gradient, do any of the following:

• To adjust the midpoints of the gradient’s color stops (the point at which two color stops are 50%), drag a diamond

icon located above the slider or select the icon and enter a value from 0 through 100 in the Location box.

• To adjust the endpoints of the gradient’s color stops, drag the leftmost or rightmost gradient stop below the

gradient slider.

• To reverse the colors in the gradient, click Reverse Gradient in the Gradient panel.

6 To change the opacity of a gradient color, click a color stop in the Gradient panel, and specify a value in the Opacity

box. When a gradient stop has an Opacity value less than 100%, the stop appears with a

, and the color appears

checkered in the gradient slider.

7 Click the New Swatch button in the Swatches panel to save the new or modified gradient as a swatch. Or, drag the

gradient from the Gradient panel or Tools panel to the Swatches panel.

Apply a gradient across multiple objects

1 Fill all the objects with a gradient.

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