Question
Editing Multiple Gradients with One Gradient Annotator
Hi -
I have been doing a Lynda Tutorial, with their files (attached). I am unable to edit multiple gradients with one Annotator, despite closely following the instructions. I looked at the Adobe User Guide, and it had the following, which is the same as the Lynda tutorial. I will annotate the below in CAPS with what did not work for me.
Apply gradients across multiple objects
To apply a linear or a radial gradient for multiple objects, do the following:
- Apply gradient on one object. Select the other objects that you want to fill with the same gradient. To do this, click the Selection tool from the toolbar. Hold the Shift key and click the objects that you want to fill with the same gradient.
- Select the Color picker tool from the toolbar and click the gradient. Then, select objects on which the selected gradient is to be applied.
- Click the Fill icon in the Gradient panel, toolbar, or Properties panel.
Using the Gradient tool, do one of the following:
- To create a gradient with one Gradient annotator, click anywhere on the canvas where you want the gradient to start, and drag to where you want the gradient to end. I DID THIS AND MULTIPLE ANNOTATORS APPEARED, NOT JUST ONE FOR ALL GRADIENTS.
- To create a gradient with a Gradient annotator for every selected object, click in the artboard where you want the gradient to start, and Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (macOS) to where you want the gradient to end. You can then adjust the different gradient sliders for the different objects. (Multiple gradient sliders are only created for simple paths.)
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