User Guide

Color96
4 On the Colors palette, click the
primary color rectangle and choose
a primary color.
5 Repeat steps three and four for
each color control point you want
to edit.
Use the Edit Gradient dialog box to create or
edit gradients.
To add color control points
1 Choose Window menu > Show
Gradients
to display the Gradients
palette.
2 Click the palette menu arrow and
choose Edit Gradient.
3 In the Edit Gradient dialog box,
click anywhere in the color ramp
bar.
The control point is added,
without affecting color.
4 Click the new color control point
to select it.
5 Open the Colors palette and
choose a color.
Tip
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You can press Option + click (Mac
OS) or Alt + click (Windows) in the bar
to both create a control point and set it to
the current color
To delete a control point:
1 Choose Window menu > Show
Gradients
to display the Gradients
palette.
2 Click the palette menu arrow, and
choose Edit Gradient.
3 In the Edit Gradient dialog box,
click a control point to select it.
4 Press Delete (Mac OS) or
Backspace (Windows) to delete a
selected color control point.
To save a gradient:
1 Choose Window menu > Show
Gradients
to display the Gradients
palette.
2 Click the palette menu arrow, and
choose Save Gradient.
3 In the Save Gradient dialog box,
enter a name for the gradient.
Creating Blending Ramps
Blending ramps determine how a
gradient blends: linearly or non-
linearly.
To create ramps that blend
linearly:
1 Choose Window menu > Show
Gradients
to display the Gradients
palette.
2 Click the palette menu arrow, and
choose Edit Gradient.
3 In the Edit Gradient dialog box,
enable the Linear check box.
Linear is the default gradient.
To create non-linear gradients:
1 Choose Window menu > Show
Gradients
to display the Gradients
palette.
2 Click the palette menu arrow and
choose Edit Gradient.