Editing gradients

You can change the colors, transition points, and transparency of gradients. You can edit default gradients or create your own gradients. You can also rename, delete, and save gradients.

The colors, transition points, and transparency of a gradient are indicated by markers and midpoints in the Gradient Editor:

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Markers

— indicate points of solid color

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Midpoints

— indicate the positions where two colors are equally blended. Each pair of markers has a midpoint that can be located anywhere between the markers.

You can add and delete markers, as well as change the transparency, color, or position of a marker. You can also change the position of a midpoint.

Important! When you edit and save a default gradient, you permanently change the gradient. To maintain default gradients, save changes to a new gradient file. For more information about saving a gradient, see To save an edited gradient. For more information about restoring default settings, see Installing and uninstalling Corel programs.

To display the Gradient Editor

Edit workspace

On the Materials palette, click the Foreground and Stroke Properties box or the Background and Fill Properties box.

The Material Properties dialog box appears.

Click the Gradient tab.

Choose the gradient you want to edit and click Edit.

To change the location of a marker or a midpoint

Edit workspace

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Drag the marker or midpoint to a new location in the Gradient Editor.

You can also click the marker or midpoint to select it, and then enter a value in the Location field.

To add a marker

Edit workspace

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In the Gradient Editor, click a position under the gradient bar or the transparency bar.

The marker is created with the currently highlighted Fore, Back, or Custom color on the gradient bar.

To delete a marker

Edit workspace

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In the Gradient Editor, drag the marker away from the gradient bar or the transparency bar.

To change the color for a marker

Edit workspace

In the Gradient Editor, click the marker below the gradient bar to select it.

The triangle at the top of the marker turns black.

Perform one of the following tasks, and click OK.


To	Do the following
To use the foreground color	Click the Fore button .
To use the background color	Click the Back button .
To use the currently defined custom color	Click the Custom button .
To choose a new custom color	Click the Custom color box to select from the Color Picker, or right-click to select from recently used colors.
To select a color from within the gradient itself	Click the gradient bar.

When you next apply the gradient that contains the foreground or background color, it uses the current foreground and background colors of the image (rather than the colors that you used to define the gradient). To create a gradient that always contains the same colors, use custom colors for all markers.

To change the transparency of a marker

Edit workspace

In the Gradient Editor, click the marker below the transparency bar to select it.

Type or set a value in the Opacity control.

Values range from 0% (completely transparent) to 100% (opaque). At 100%, the underlying pixels are covered completely.