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cezobeat
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October 15, 2018
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Update the GRADIENT COLOUR PICK option

  • October 15, 2018
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Hi there.. i ve using Adobe products for the past few years..  and ive been wondering  .. why is there no option or shortkey to pick the colours for a gradient ?

Can somebody please contact the Programmers and tell them to please create the possibility to pick the colours from a objekt..or jpg..  this would GREAT!

thanks in Advance. Cengiz

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Correct answer Mike_Gondek10189183

My suggestion is basically same as Srishti's with a few keyboard modifiers to help you:

  1. Shift eyedropper click on color you wish to pick up from placed image. Your fill
  2. In swatches palette click 4th icon on bottom to create new swatch
  3. Click gradient swatch centered under the fill and stroke in tools, or use > shortcut
  4. Select a gradient swatch in the gradient window
  5. Option click a swatch in swatches to fill the gradient swatch
  6. Draw a vector shape and that will be filled with the new swatch

You can contact the programmers by using this link

Illustrator Feature Requests: Top (1616 ideas) – Adobe Illustrator Feedback

My suggestion is to first search to see if you suggestion already exists, and vote on that one. Your chances of this getting updated are better if the vote count is higher rather than creating a new one and splitting the vote. much like in politics.

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Mike_Gondek10189183
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Mike_Gondek10189183Community ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
October 16, 2018

My suggestion is basically same as Srishti's with a few keyboard modifiers to help you:

  1. Shift eyedropper click on color you wish to pick up from placed image. Your fill
  2. In swatches palette click 4th icon on bottom to create new swatch
  3. Click gradient swatch centered under the fill and stroke in tools, or use > shortcut
  4. Select a gradient swatch in the gradient window
  5. Option click a swatch in swatches to fill the gradient swatch
  6. Draw a vector shape and that will be filled with the new swatch

You can contact the programmers by using this link

Illustrator Feature Requests: Top (1616 ideas) – Adobe Illustrator Feedback

My suggestion is to first search to see if you suggestion already exists, and vote on that one. Your chances of this getting updated are better if the vote count is higher rather than creating a new one and splitting the vote. much like in politics.

Srishti Bali
Community Manager
Srishti BaliCommunity Manager
Community Manager
October 16, 2018

Hi Cengiz,

There is no direct way or shortcut to that, however, you can do that by using color picker tool.

Please the image on Illustrator Artboard

Open Swatches panel (Window > Swatches)

Click "Color Picker" tool from the Toolbar and select the color from the Image. How to choose colors in Illustrator

Create new Swatch from the Swatches panel. How to use and create swatches in Illustrator

Then you can use that in Gradient tool. Create gradients in Illustrator

Regards,

Srishti

C
cezobeatAuthor
Participant
October 16, 2018

Hi there...  i know thats its not possible.. i wrote my post to tell the creators of illustrator to think about the option on how do this.

But thanks for the help.

Monika Gause
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Monika GauseCommunity Expert
Community Expert
October 16, 2018

  schrieb

Hi there...  i know thats its not possible.. i wrote my post to tell the creators of illustrator to think about the option on how do this.

But thanks for the help.

Post a feature request on http://illustrator.uservoice.com

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