Stroke thickness resets when adjusting gradient direction.
Combination of two Categories: Strokes and Gradients.
Evidence: https://youtu.be/_w8UG_fvm1I
Disclaimer regarding evidence: The canvas is rotated by 60 degrees, due to the project I am working on.
When I adjust the gradient direction (by pressing G on my keyboard), pressing & dragging in the paint-group would reset the thickness of the strokes that are involved in the paint-group. Hence not allowing the thickness of the strokes to stay constant, hence disturbing the preview of gradient.
Murad Valiev
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Ah, I see what is happening.
You refer to Live Paint group, not just a group with the 'paint-group'!The current state of Live Paint with gradients is poor. We can’t use Gradient tool to control the position and the direction of the applied fills AFTER they were place in a Live Paint group. The annotator just won’t get displayed and applied if you drag over the object, whether you select the region with the Live Paint Selection Tool or not, like you do. Isolating the group and trying to modify a fill for an object inside still won’t work.
Here is the report about it, which I encourage you to vote for: https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447-illustrator-desktop-bugs/suggestions/35930962-adjustment-of-a-gradient-in-live-paint-bucket-kAnd as you've just reported, it also applies the default stroke to it — and this is definitely a bug, as I see it.
I guess I understand why you chose this method — to have a general outline of a leaf, a center ridge, and two halves filled, to be able to control shading and the ridge separately... with these expanded and merged you’d have to edit the stem twice. Meh.
Also I notice your leaves have many duplicate and unjointed segments within. Live Paint groups are wrapped into another unnecessary groups. It won’t help to avoid the bug, though :(A workaround I can think of now is to remove strokes to avoid resetting weights. Another option is to avoid using Live Paint for this task completely.
The other option would be to control the angle of the applied gradient via the Gradient panel — unfortunately it does not give any control over its positioning (here is the request about having one: https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657-illustrator-desktop-feature-requests/suggestions/34419280-add-numeric-controls-over-all-features-of-gradient)
I vote for this one and leave a comment to the first one I mentioned above.
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Murad Valiev
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Here is the file of the actual elements/vectors/leaves I am working on. The size of the leaves has not (and should not) been adjusted for this document. Zoom in. Experience the same issue I am experiencing. How do I stop the stroke thickness from resetting every time I adjust the gradient direction?
Thanks in advance! <3
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Murad, hi again. Can you share the file please? This leaf in particular, nothing else. I have some suspicions I want to check with it.
