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Anonymous
August 21, 2012
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How do I remove a gradient section in CS6?

  • August 21, 2012
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In both Photoshop and Illustrator, I am able to delete the selected part of a gradient simply by hitting the delete key. This seems to not work here, can someone tell me how to remove the aqua section from my gradient?

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      Correct answer groove25

      In your gradient editor, drag the undesired color stop away from the color ramp and drop it (once you see that it's disappeared).

      To add a new color stop, click in the area just below the color ramp. To add a new opacity stop, click in the area above the color ramp.

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      groove25
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      Inspiring
      August 21, 2012

      In your gradient editor, drag the undesired color stop away from the color ramp and drop it (once you see that it's disappeared).

      To add a new color stop, click in the area just below the color ramp. To add a new opacity stop, click in the area above the color ramp.

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        Anonymous
        August 21, 2012

        Thank you! Is there a keyboard way to do it?

        groove25
        groove25
        Inspiring
        August 21, 2012

        Boy, if there's a way to do that, it doesn't seem to be very easy. Is this an accessibility issue, or just preference?

        Here's what I found: If you can select the color stop, its numeric position will appear in the location field below. From there, you can use the delete key to remove the stop/position.

        But this often requires clicking on a color stop twice: once to reselect the original color (after the color picker appears), and then a second time to leave the color stop selected. That's more trouble than it's worth for me.

        Incidentally, there was a Gradient command panel created for CS3 that offered slightly more in-depth gradient editing ability. Not necessarily what you need here; I just thought I'd mention it.

        http://www.adobe.com/devnet/fireworks/articles/gradient_panel.html

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