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The latest Beta build 29.0.0.9 now allows us to create a gradient from selected swatches, using two ways:
- Select swatches you need (use Cmd/Ctrl to select several) and drag-n-drop them onto the gradient strip in Gradient panel.
- Select swatches you need and choose the new 'Gradient from Swatches Selection' command from the Swatches panel’s flyout menu.
In both cases new gradient stops will be spread uniformly, using the current order of swatches in the panel (not the order of selection).
If you have artwork selected in the document while doing this, the gradient will be automatically applied to it.
Please try the feature and comment back.
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Hey Saurav,
thank you for following this up.
Currently the gradients can be created only by pressing the gradient panel first and picking colors one by one. It would be great to have the possibility to choose two or more colors in the artwork and generating a gradient out of them.
The way it works at the moment makes it quite difficult to make 3+ colors gradinets. Something similar can be also done with the blend tool, so having the option to create gradients using the right click options.
Let me know if that is clear enough!
Thanks again
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Absolutely Egor, and actually there is space for it to be a bit more user friendly. :)
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Thanks a lot, Egor, the Illy grad does exactly what I had in mind. Will definitely use that!
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Hey Egor,
of course I haven't thought of all the scenarios but I'll try to answer as I think could be more easy to use.
So first, I think adding the color to swatches makes it a bit more complicated and we lose the purpose of the feature, so I'd generate a square with that gradient applied (adding it to swatches can be also done in the background). So I'd keep the 2+ elements used to generate the gradient in the current state, and just add a square with the generated gradient.
If the sources elements have strokes, I'd just get the fill property from both but only if it's a solid color, so I'd ignore the stroke.
If the source elements have gradient fills the option is grayed out (only with 2 or more solid colors works)
Same if it's a freeform gradient.
The order can be defined by the position in the workspace (X, Y) so the top/left go first and bottom/right ones go last.
It would make no sense selecting them on swatches in my opinion as that is currently possible by generating first the gradient and picking the colors from the swatches panel. What we are aiming to do is to simplify the process of creating gradients without leaving the artboard. 😄
I hope that helps. Of course the above are my opinions and everyone can suggest better solutions.
Thank you!
Joreld