User Manual

Table Of Contents
Gradient Colors Bar
The Gradient Colors bar is used to select the blending colors for the gradient. The default two
color stops set the start and end colors. You can change the colors used in the gradient by
selecting the color stop, and then using the Eyedropper or color wheel to set the new color.
You can add, move, copy, and delete colors from the gradient using the Colors bar.
To add a color stop to the Gradient Colors bar:
1 Click anywhere along the bottom of the Gradient Colors bar.
2 Use the Eyedropper or color wheel to set the color for the color stop.
To move a color stop on the Colors bar:
Drag a color stop left or right along the Gradient Color bar.
To copy a color stop on the Colors bar:
Hold Command while you drag a color stop.
To delete a color stop from the Colors bar, do one of the following:
Drag the color stop up past the Gradient Colors bar.
Select the color stop, then click the red X button to delete it.
Interpolation Space
The Gradient Interpolation Method pop-up menu lets you select what color space is used to
calculate the colors between color stops.
Oset
When you adjust the Offset control, the position of the gradient is moved relative to the start
and end markers. This control is most useful when used in conjunction with the repeat and
ping-pong modes described below.
Once/Repeat/Ping-Pong
These three buttons are used to set the behavior of the gradient when the Offset control scrolls
the gradient past its start and end positions. The Once button is the default behavior, which
keeps the color continuous for offset. Repeat loops around to the start color when the offset
goes beyond the end color. Ping-pong repeats the color pattern in reverse.
1x1, 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 5x5
These buttons control the amount of sub-pixel precision used when the edges of the gradient
become visible in Repeat mode, or when the gradient is animated. Higher settings will take
significantly longer to render but will be more precise.
Gradient Contextual Menu
Gradients have their own contextual menu that you can bring up by right-clicking on the
Gradient bar. In the Gradient contextual menu are options for animating, publishing, and
connecting one gradient to another. There is also a gradient-specific modifier that builds a
custom gradient by sampling colors from the output of a node in the Node Editor.
Chapter – 59 Editing Parameters in the Inspector 1187