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miched
miched
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October 17, 2023
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Freeform gradient is show black and white colours at the edges of the gradient.

  • October 17, 2023
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Very recently I have run into an issue with freeform gradients showing black & white as additional colours on the edges of a shape.  This is happening in both CMYK & RGB files.

 

 

Illustrator recently updated and so did my Mac so not sure if it's related to either of those but I'm hoping someone has seen this before and can confirm whether or not it's something I am doing wrong or simply a new bug.  Thank you in advance to anyone that can provide some insight!

 

System/Program info

MacBook Pro 2019 - macOS Sonoma 14.0
Illustrator v 28.0

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    Correct answer miched

    Sorry, the frame in my image is just the canvas behind the artboard.



    The colours I'm talking about are within the shape and most noticable at the top when I pull the dark blue inward.  I used to be able to pull that colour inward and that entire area would fill in with the appropriate colour (dark blue in this case), but now it fills in black (and white at the bottom though less noticeable in my example).


    I think I figured it out.  I'm using process colours and I think that is the issue, when I change the colour type to Spot Color it fills in as expected.

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    Kurt Gold
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    Kurt GoldCommunity Expert
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    October 17, 2023

    Can you share a sample Illustrator file with that anomaly?

     

    miched
    michedAuthor
    Inspiring
    October 17, 2023

    It won't let me post the file directly so here is a wetransfer: https://we.tl/t-AAcJdzoxDy

     

    I moved the ends of the gradient to exagerate the effect.

    Kurt Gold
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    Kurt GoldCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 17, 2023

    Thanks for the sample file. When opening it in Illustrator I see this:

     

     

    There is no additional frame as per your screenshot above.

     

    Monika Gause
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    Monika GauseCommunity Expert
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    October 17, 2023

    You could try and turn off the content aware settings in Preferences > General

    miched
    michedAuthor
    Inspiring
    October 17, 2023

    Thanks for such a quick response. I tried this with no luck.

    Monika Gause
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    Monika GauseCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 17, 2023

    It won't change the result when done afterwards.

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