User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
Gradient options
Color bar The gradient color sequence appears in the bar. Each pointer below the
bar represents a color and shows the color’s relative position in the
gradient. One pointer is always selected, and the pointer’s color appears
in the color icon.
The pointers at the ends of the bar represent the gradient start and end
colors. These pointers can’t be moved or deleted, but you can change
their colors. Click a pointer to select it; a selected pointer appears
highlighted.
To add an intermediate color, double-click in the bar and a new pointer
appears that represents the color of the gradient where you clicked. You
can drag intermediate pointers to adjust the color spacing, or delete a
color, by dragging its pointer to either end of the bar.
Choose a color for a selected pointer from the pop-up palette. To select a
custom color, see "The color editor" on page 235.
Style Choose a gradient style from the menu.
Edit box Drag handles in the box to adjust settings such as gradient shape, angle
and center.
Gradient preview Shows the current gradient. The preview changes as you edit the
gradient.
Angle For Radial and Directional styles, enter the angle of the gradient axis, or
drag the solid dot in the edit box to set the angle.
360º When Radial is selected, select this check box to blend the gradient
through 360 ° around the center. If this option isn’t selected, the blend
runs through 180° in both directions, creating a mirror image around
the blend axis.
In addition, when 360° is selected, a button appears. Click the button to
reverse the gradient direction.
Rainbow Select this to add all hues on the color wheel between the colors you set
in the gradient. Click a direction button to select a clockwise or
counterclockwise path around the HSL color wheel, which sets the
sequence of hues.
Edit Click this button to place a gradient into edit mode.
Add Preset Click this button to add a new ink to the Presets palette.
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