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joramatang
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April 23, 2026
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Missing Dither Option in Freeform Gradients in Illustrator

  • April 23, 2026
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When using freeform gradients the dither checkbox seems missing. Is this a bug or a missing feature?

 

    Correct answer Abhishek Rao

    Hi ​@joramatang ,

     

    Thank you for your patience while we checked with the product team.

    We've confirmed that the Dither option is currently not supported for Freeform Gradients in Illustrator. While dithering is available for Linear and Radial gradients, it is not implemented for Freeform Gradients at this time. So what you're seeing is an expected limitation rather than a bug.

    If dithering support in Freeform Gradients would be valuable to your workflow, we encourage you to submit a feature request on our Illustrator feedback portal, as suggestions there are reviewed by the product team for future enhancements:

    Illustrator (Desktop) Feature Requests: Top (4758 ideas) – Adobe Illustrator

     

    Thanks again for bringing this up and helping us improve Illustrator.

    Regards,
    Abhishek

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    Abhishek Rao
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    April 23, 2026

    Hi ​@joramatang,

     

    Thanks for reaching out and flagging this.

    I’m checking this with the product team to understand whether the absence of the dithering option in freeform gradients is expected or if it needs further investigation. I’ll share an update here as soon as I hear back from them.

     

    Thanks for your patience, and I’ll keep you posted.

    Abhishek

    Abhishek Rao
    Community Manager
    Abhishek RaoCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
    Community Manager
    June 2, 2026

    Hi ​@joramatang ,

     

    Thank you for your patience while we checked with the product team.

    We've confirmed that the Dither option is currently not supported for Freeform Gradients in Illustrator. While dithering is available for Linear and Radial gradients, it is not implemented for Freeform Gradients at this time. So what you're seeing is an expected limitation rather than a bug.

    If dithering support in Freeform Gradients would be valuable to your workflow, we encourage you to submit a feature request on our Illustrator feedback portal, as suggestions there are reviewed by the product team for future enhancements:

    Illustrator (Desktop) Feature Requests: Top (4758 ideas) – Adobe Illustrator

     

    Thanks again for bringing this up and helping us improve Illustrator.

    Regards,
    Abhishek

    Ton Frederiks
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    April 23, 2026

    @joramatang Looks more like a missing feature than a bug, you may want to add a feature request here:

    https://illustrator.uservoice.com/