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Allow gradient swatches to be added to CC library

It's great to have colors in the cc library but why can't those colors be gradients too? Please allow us to add gradient swatches to the cc library. Thanks

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Completed (Comments Open)  ·  AdminAkshaya Saxena (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) responded  · 

We have released the support for Gradient swatches in CC library with our latest release - v29.3

You can select the gradient swatch in swatches panel and add it to CC Library through the button on the bottom bar in the panel. You can also select any object which has gradient applied and add that gradient to CC Library through Add Elements from the Libraries panel and choose Fill Gradient from the drop-down menu.

Please update to this version from your Creative Cloud Desktop application and let us know your feedback.

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  • Stuart Chesters commented  ·   ·  Report

    I guess it is one step forward (an amazingly slow motion one at that) but it is also two steps back as isn't the whole point to be able to sync assets. If you can't use an asset saved in CC library in InDesign or Photoshop then it's kinda pointless. We'll just carry on using our current work-arounds. I'm happy to say, I will find it useful for work that I only do only within illustrator as I do make use of the CC library for common icon assets and colors and having to always start from an old document with my gradients, patterns and then remove everything I don't want will be time saved and is progress.

    On a side note I wonder if it's utterly demoralising working for Adobe as I rarely ever see much in the way of cheering for them, in terms of users on these boards. Sure employees and paid promoters are high fiving awesomeness, but they're living in an Adobe bubble that doesn't seem to have much understanding of the professional environment their product is being used in.

    As a long-term user I do appreciate progress but you must understand that time-scales of years and little to zero interaction on a clearly useful feature is a bit of a sad inditement.

  • Julie commented  ·   ·  Report

    It's great! But I don't see the point since we can't acces the gradient in Photoshop or inDesign...
    I have just tried it, and saving a gradient in Illustrator CC Library doesn't give the access to use in either in inDesign nor in Photoshop...
    Then I don't see the difference between saving the Swatched panel and saving the CC library since you can only use it on Illustrator...
    The option in greyed out on the inDesign CC Library panel for instance (see on screenshot)

  • Darien commented  ·   ·  Report

    When can we please see more about Illustrator Max.

    There are videos on youtube giving examples of this. Can someone from Adobe please make a video on if this is real or just something that will never see this as a part of Illustrator.

    This--> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PR0UDTCjguw. Can Adobe team please confirm if this is already a part of Illustrator or not. Other than it's deeply misleading.

    Yes it seems very interesting and has great potential, However on the videos there are no representation from the Adobe team members.

    Can someone please create a video an official one so we the users of Illustrator can find tutorials on how to use this tool.

    Thanks

  • Luis Encuentra commented  ·   ·  Report

    They don't have money
    They don't have resources
    They don't have enough employees
    They don't have intention...
    As ever.... pay and wait...

  • Chris Daugaard commented  ·   ·  Report

    It's been over 6 years! This is plenty of time to incorporate this feature.

  • Mike Gondek commented  ·   ·  Report

    Waiting on this very obvious request.since 2017

  • Ambrose Reed commented  ·   ·  Report

    Currently, creating a gradient from brand colors in Libraries is painful, and you can't save gradients themselves to Libraries, only an object with a gradient applied. I would LOVE it if swatches and Libraries were more integrated in some way, so that I could have all my brand colors and frequently used gradients ready by default rather than having to recreate them constantly or copy and paste elements from other documents as a workaround.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    And while you are at it. Please include patterns as well.

  • James Woods commented  ·   ·  Report

    Erm, kinda lost for words. Does anyone know if they've *ever* responded to this other than it being under review?

  • K-O commented  ·   ·  Report

    Under review since 2017. Wow almost 7 years.

  • Guillaume ROBERT-FAMY commented  ·   ·  Report

    I couldn't agree more...

    "6 years guys ! 6 **** YEARS

    Well, you've lost a user here! I'm done !
    Tired of these money makers without consideration in BASIC FUNCTION patching

    You should be ashamed of yourself adobe

    For the others, better call astute graphics if you ever want an actual solution to a problem

    or go Affinity designer

    see ya :!!!

  • Rick Nweg commented  ·   ·  Report

    This is ridiculous! Pls go and ask Maxon how to store gradients. And copy their colorpicker ui while you're at it.

  • Dina Dembicki commented  ·   ·  Report

    Agreed. Decent workaround, if you're working on a computer, is to make a custom palette. But that doesn't help if you're working on a mobile device. Maybe just create a file saved to your library that has your gradients in boxes and then open and copy/paste into the current document? I don't use libraries much since I don't have to share.

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