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oleksijp79466572
Inspiring
April 9, 2019
Question

What happened with shift+eyedropper pickup in the new versions of AI?

  • April 9, 2019
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Previously I was able to pick up exactly pixel color on a gradient and apply it as plain color (not only to a gradient node) to whatever I want even if there is a gradient on a path currently. But now it does not override a gradient with plain color, but change only one node. How can I transform a gradient to plain color, which I choose from this gradient, with one click as before?

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Barb Binder
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Barb BinderCommunity Expert
Community Expert
April 10, 2019

Hi oleksijp79466572 :

I'm in AI 2019 (23.0.3).

With Fill in Front (so that I change the fill color and not the stroke color):

Click on the green wing feathers:

Shift + Click on the green wing feathers:

What are you doing differently?

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
oleksijp79466572
oleksijp79466572Author
Inspiring
April 10, 2019

You have applied a picked up sample to the path with a solid white fill. But I am trying to apply a sample to a path with a gradient fill.

Barb Binder
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Barb BinderCommunity Expert
Community Expert
April 10, 2019

Hi oleksijp79466572 :

Thanks for your patience with me.

I am trying to apply a sample to a path with a gradient fill.

So you have a path with a gradient fill:

And you want to change it to a solid color? Do I now understand the question?

(I am still Shift + clicking the gradient with Eyedropper)

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
Barb Binder
Community Expert
Barb BinderCommunity Expert
Community Expert
April 9, 2019

Hi oleksijp79466572:

Move the Eyedropper tool onto the object whose attributes you want to sample. (When you’re correctly positioned over type, the pointer displays a small T.) Shift‑click to sample only the color from a portion of a gradient, pattern, mesh object, or placed image and apply the color to the selected fill or stroke.

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
    oleksijp79466572
    oleksijp79466572Author
    Inspiring
    April 10, 2019

    Does it work in a manner that actually overrides the gradient with a plain color if I apply the picked up color to a path with a gradient?

    Grant H
    Community Expert
    Grant HCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    April 9, 2019

    if you shift drag eyedropper over gradient and lift up pen (are you using mouse? Then shift click and drag) then it should cgange gradient to solid colour.

    /G

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