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Edit Gradient tool off the canvas

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
May 13, 2024
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Hello,

I have a large number of individual outlined paths with gradients in them. When I want to Edit the Gradient, the handles are miles off the canvas. It's a pain to edit. Is this a bug?

Or can I force all the gradients to fit on the artboard in one action?

I can't seem to be able to edit multiple gradients at once.

Do I have to do this on every single path?

Thanks,

Will

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Correct answer Monika Gause

I changed the fills to solid and made some test gradients. When I eye-dropped them, it copied the gradient but not the correct angle. At least it put the bounds on the canvas this time, so it fixed that.

Is there a key command to make sure you also copy the correct angle?

When you save a gradient, the angle is saved as well.

When you apply a gradient swatch, hold down the alt key. Then the angle is applied as well.

Kurt Gold

Community Expert

Can you share this Illustrator file for inspection?

Will PriceAuthor

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You can download it from this shared drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dKP02PsxGiYvOaNHL2r-yEPGha9LAEL1/view?usp=sharing

See if you can find anything.

Thanks.

B

Bobby Henderson

Community Expert

Was this artwork imported from another application? It's not natural for the gradient annotator to be extending completely outside the maximum workspace limits. I wouldn't trust such a thing to print correctly. I'd probably change the object fills to a normal solid fill to get rid of that gradient and re-build a gradient that is within the art board or at least within the visible workspace.

Will PriceAuthor

Inspiring

Yes, it was all created in the file. I used the line tool and then outlined paths. The file was filled with gradients from my swatches. I'll try a solid fill and eye dropping some test versions of the gradients.

Thanks.

Will PriceAuthor

Inspiring

I changed the fills to solid and made some test gradients. When I eye-dropped them, it copied the gradient but not the correct angle. At least it put the bounds on the canvas this time, so it fixed that.

Is there a key command to make sure you also copy the correct angle?

Monika Gause

Community Expert

Are the gradients saved as swatches?

The plugin Subscribe/Gradiator offers a button called "Fit to art"

So just in case you have Astute Graphics plugins (not free), then that's what you can use.

Will PriceAuthor

Inspiring

Yes, the gradients are all swatches. Nothing looks untoward, all within the confines of the settings. It's odd. I'll take a look at that plugin; thanks.

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