User Manual

Gradient Colors
This gradient color bar is used to select the 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 swatch to set a new color.
You can add, move, copy, and delete color from the gradient using the gradient bar.
To modify one of the colors, select the triangle below the color on the bar.
To add a color stop to the gradient bar:
1 Click anywhere along the bottom of the gradient bar.
2 Use the Eyedropper or color swatch to select the color for the color stop.
To move a color stop on the gradient bar:
Drag a color stop left or right along the bar.
To copy a color stop:
Hold Command (macOS) or Ctrl (Windows) while you drag a color stop.
To delete a color stop:
Drag the color stop up past the gradient bar.
Interpolation Space
This menu determines what color space is used to calculate the colors between color stops.
Offset
The Offset control is used to offset the position of the gradient 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.
Repeat
This menu includes three options used to set the behavior of the gradient when the Offset
control scrolls the gradient past its start and end positions. Selecting Once keeps the color
continuous for offset. Selecting Repeat loops around to the start color when the offset goes
beyond the end color. Selecting Ping-pong repeats the color pattern in reverse.
Sub-Pixel
The Sub-Pixel menu controls the 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 are more precise.
Gradient Contextual Menu
Gradients have their own contextual menu that you can bring up by right-clicking on the
gradient bar. The Gradient contextual menu includes 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.
Chapter –89 Generator Nodes 1977