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caprico
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July 4, 2018
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Applied gradient is not visible in illustrator watercolor brush

  • July 4, 2018
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Okay. So, as you can see in the picture, the gradient I applied is not visible in the brush stroke. The same kind of thing happened before with patterns once before. So, I thought maybe it's a bug and I uninstalled and reinstalled illustrator. But it is the same. No matter which gradient I apply it remains the same. But I can change color using swatches. I mean single color, no gradient. The gradient is visible if it is applied to "fill" instead of "stroke". Can anyone give any solution to this?

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Correct answer tromboniator

At this point you cannot apply a gradient to a brush. You must expand the stroke to which the brush has been applied, and then apply the gradient to the resulting paths.

Peter

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tromboniator
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tromboniatorCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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July 4, 2018

At this point you cannot apply a gradient to a brush. You must expand the stroke to which the brush has been applied, and then apply the gradient to the resulting paths.

Peter

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capricoAuthor
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July 4, 2018

Exactly. That is my question. Why can't I? It's not a custom brush. Not only this one, in fact, I can't edit any other watercolor brushes.

If I expand the stroke it ends up looking like something that I don't want. It loses the transparency for which I am using the brush. So, basically, it's no use to me if I expand this.

Thank you for your answer though.

Monika Gause
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Monika GauseCommunity Expert
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July 4, 2018

You can apply gradients to bristle brushes.

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