Comments on: Illustrator Quick Tip: Faster Gradient-Color Adjustments

By: Me

Me — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:38:28 +0000

this is hilarious, everyone saying they favor things about photoshop and comparing it to illustrator.. of course vector graphics are going to be a bit less intuitive and quirky to control… its written in vector! its not a bitmap based program which probably is a bit easier to write. adobe is awesome quit whining

By: gaz

gaz — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:29:28 +0000

i find that if you open the swatch panel with the colors you want, then just drag and drop them onto your gradient slider, job done.

hope this helps

By: T.J

T.J — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:24:45 +0000

Thanks Bro that really helps me a lot

By: dave

dave — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:43:53 +0000

WHAT IS WRONG WITH ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR TEAM? HOW CAN THEY NOT FIX THIS ISSUE? SO SO SO ANNOYING… MUCH LIKE THE CAPS I AM USING NOW.

By: Rich

Rich — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:57:30 +0000

Nice one – i hate that grad pallette – know how now. Will use illustrator a whole lot more now with these superb tips. Cheers

By: Mirre

Mirre — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:53:54 +0000

THANKS!!

By: Lo0m

Lo0m — Fri, 15 May 2009 08:09:42 +0000

EVERYONE HAIL WAL!! that’s the thing i’ve been looking for.. for the lazy ones: ” I select the color slider I want to adjust, and I double-click on the fill color selection box at the bottom of the toolbox, this brings up the color picker, and that’s it…”.. THAT WORKS!!

By: AiNsane

AiNsane — Wed, 13 May 2009 05:03:42 +0000

i love you Francesco Aloisio. I think i lost a year off of my life trying to learn AI as a photoshop user

By: shbomb

shbomb — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:32:10 +0000

Wow, so it wasn’t just me who had trouble with this. Seriously, why couldn’t they just make it like in Flash, where you just double-click on the color slider and the eyedropper comes up, then you can pick any color off the screen… I mean, they’re the same company who makes both programs!!!
Actually the comment just above me was really helpful, even moreso than the article. Thanks Francesco!

By: Francesco Aloisio

Francesco Aloisio — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:35:57 +0000

I Actually discovered how to use the eyedropper tool when you use the gradient tool, and I would also say…THANK GOD!!!!

All you have to do is:

1. Select your shape/artwork.

2. In the gradient palette, click once on the color slider you want to adjust.

3. On the toolbox, select the eyedropper tool and… (HERE COMES THE MAGIC) just press the shift button, while picking up the color anywhere in the screen.
YAHOOO!!!!! (hope this is going to save a lot of time…)

By: kate

kate — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:53:40 +0000

Thank you very much!!!

By: WSA: Illustrator101

WSA: Illustrator101 — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:53:35 +0000

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By: Jan

Jan — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:23:39 +0000

Thanks Bittbox! :)

By: Maninder

Maninder — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:04:50 +0000

Thanks a billion. I make vector art randomly and always try avoiding gradient tool in Illustrator, but your tip will add some more effects in my art. Thanks a lot :)

By: James Rankin

James Rankin — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:40:27 +0000

It doesn’t happen often, but once in a while you come across a really useful tip that ends all your frustrations and annoyances.

I’m really glad I stayed around to catch this tip. Thanks, big time. :)

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 17:01:07 +0000

Thanks for posting an actual WORKING tip on this. Every other post I came across just said to double click and change the color. Wow at how sickening this is, I was just about to give up on AI and go back to inkscape. This is the second feature of AI that is just so counter intuitive you can’t figure out without going through 3000 tutorials until you find the tip that works for your version.

I like inkscapes minimalism. After working with it for the last 2 years and pushing it to its potential I thought I might buy AI and see what it has to offer. So far it seems bloated with useless features and has a very counter-intuitive UI. I don’t remember FreeHand being this hard to grasp as a newbie.

By: emily

emily — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:16:52 +0000

THANK YOU!!! I don’t know my way around AI and I needed to do this very thing … change one color. I’m so thankful I found your post doing a search. Thank you!

Emily

By: laura

laura — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:31:59 +0000

THANK YOU.

geezus.

By: Pinky Higgs

Pinky Higgs — Fri, 09 May 2008 02:27:05 +0000

Thanks for the help. In fubling around in Illustrator and following your tut I found that if I open the swatches pannel and gradient panel at the same time I can click and drag my swatch on to the desired slider…

…WORKS A TREAT, SO EASY!

I still love to hate Illustrator for it’s total lack of lovingness for it’s users.

By: LJ

LJ — Thu, 01 May 2008 02:20:02 +0000

thank christ. I really was struggling with this. Great tip! Thanks.