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J2kLarsonite
J2kLarsonite
Inspiring
December 9, 2020
Question

Rotating does not rotate gradient. Bug?

  • December 9, 2020
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I have a design with a gradient that I need to rotate to fit on our print media.  I can not expand because the gradient will become a clipping mask with all the sections of colors and I need to make a cut line.  It's impossible to create the cut line after expanding.  This issue, that I've never seen before, is that when I rotate the design, the gradient does not rotate with it.  Oddly, it won't rotate with it but, when I rotate it back, it does. I can not nummericly change this because there are too many gradients at different angels and the angles are not round numbers.  How do I fix this?

    8 replies

    aw.654785654
    aw.654785654
    Participant
    March 4, 2024

    Hi, this problem has a simple solution.... (for the whole file, not for a single element)
    1) Save the PDF compatibility file and place it back as a linked file... (Link the file to itself is possible, use multiple artboards.)
    2) Apply a transform effect (Appearance window, fx icon, distort&transfotm, rotate e.g. 90°) to the whole layer where is the design.

    P
    pedrofaber
    Participant
    January 12, 2024

    Try to go to the menu Object > Transform > Rotate or right click > Transform > Rotate.
    I was with the same issue and this worked with me. Of course it breaks the workflow, having to go to a menu, etc, but at least preserves the gradient effect.

    kymbix
    kymbix
    Known Participant
    January 12, 2022

    I am also having this issue. Has a solution been found?

     

      Jacob Bugge
      Community Expert
      Jacob BuggeCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      January 13, 2022

      kymbix,

       

      See what Kurt said.

       

      Kurt Gold
      Community Expert
      Kurt GoldCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      June 10, 2021

      Can you share the Illustrator file (.ai)?

       

      tromboniator
      Community Expert
      tromboniatorCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      December 12, 2020

      Yes, serious. Please try it and let us know what happens.

       

      Peter

      J2kLarsonite
      J2kLarsoniteAuthor
      Inspiring
      June 9, 2021

      Why?  It obviously glitched the first time.  Can you elaborate on what you are suspecting?

      Jacob Bugge
      Community Expert
      Jacob BuggeCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      June 10, 2021

      J2k,

       

      The obvious counterquestion: why not?

       

      You have seen Illy (job description Adobe Illustrator) move in mysterious ways, so you can try to work with them, such as rotating the other way and/or in multiple steps, to see whether you can get it right by the ways it gets itself wrong.

       

      You could also try to see whether you can create a (wrongly) rotated gradient (such as 90 degrees anticlockwise) that will be right when rotated.

       

      Or you can apply the ailing gradient after rotating.

       

      Have you tried to remove the gradient and reapply it, then rotate?

       

       

      There may (also) be other ways to accomplish it, depending on how the AMVCONNECT part is created.

       

      Apart from everything else, live Effects fail to rotate.

       

      Jacob Bugge
      Community Expert
      Jacob BuggeCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      December 10, 2020

      J2k,

       

      Maybe too silly, or silly enough, what happens if you start over and rotate it anticlockwise, twice by 180 degrees and 90 degrees, or thrice by 90 degrees?

       

      J2kLarsonite
      J2kLarsoniteAuthor
      Inspiring
      December 12, 2020
      I'm not sure if you are serious.
      J2kLarsonite
      J2kLarsoniteAuthor
      Inspiring
      June 9, 2021

      And... no answer?

      Jacob Bugge
      Community Expert
      Jacob BuggeCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      December 10, 2020

      J2k,

       

      As far as I can see, the issue only applies to the (first rotation of the) AMVCONNECT.

       

      I believe some kind of corruption is a possibility.

       

      What happens if you create a new document and copy the artwork over, as a whole or in in different parts (just select and Ctrl/Cmd+C and then Ctrl/Cmd+F)?

       

      Or you can try to recreate the AMVCONNECT part.

      J2kLarsonite
      J2kLarsoniteAuthor
      Inspiring
      December 10, 2020
      Same thing. The image was just that. Copied and pasted out of the design
      file and into a new file. It happened again with a gradient from white 100%
      - white 0%. I'm not sure why the gradient doesn't rotate when rotating the
      entire graphic. But it's even weirder when it doesn't rotate one way but
      does another way. I was thinking it would be a setting like enlarging a
      graphic with a stroke. I know there's a setting to choose either way. But i
      don't see a setting for the gradient rotation.
      Monika Gause
      Community Expert
      Monika GauseCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      December 10, 2020

      Please embed your screenshot in your post instead of attaching it. Thankyou.

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