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 on the Gradient Editor:

•	Markers — transparency markers appear along the top of the gradient bar. Color markers appear below the gradient bar.

•	Midpoints — indicate the positions where two colors are equally blended or the 50% opacity position. Each pair of markers has a midpoint that can be located anywhere between the markers.

The Gradient Editor

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 change the location of a marker or a midpoint

Edit workspace 

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 

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

To delete a marker

Edit workspace 

To change the color for a marker

Edit workspace 

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 User button .
To choose a new custom color	Click the swatch beside the User button and select from the Color page, 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 

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