Illustrator tools a beginner should master - Gradient tool

[chrisbrimacombe]

I wish that worked but when I have both the Gradient and the Swatches panels open and click and drag a Swatch over one of the colors on the Gradient slider nothing happens. The plus sign does not appear and the color is not added.

[HashGameplays]

this dosent helps...

[banshi68]

I think if you want to teach you need people to be able to hear you like duh

[lolligally]

Thanks a lot for the tutorial, @illustrationdan. Appreciate it :)

[palomechas]

I have a question when a put 2 colors a still get the annoying grey line in the middle of the two colors how do i get rid out of that line? please and thank you in advance

[MrRocknlock]

are u talking from space ? btw ty

[d123s404]

@MrRocknlock Obviously not, because space doesn't have air that can cause noise. ;)

[yingvallapa]

thanks a lot

[3lv4qu3r0]

THX!!! :) i was fking around with B&W now iknow colours!

[MrBhatti425]

thanksss



[Gengar10000000000]

How do I make a gradient on the stroke of that shape?

[VvREFLEXESvV]

you can also add more then 2 colors to the gradient by dragging the swatches over which is my favorite feature of it:D

[ohsolovable29]

i appreciate this video because my teacher aint worth 2cents in chinese money! you the greatest!

[freerunneris]

I have been trying to grasp this strange tool for ages... THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[BraboMedia]

Brilliant!

[lorreacabo]

what must i do when i need my palette to appear on the side of my work sheet?

[WizardessAlyssa]

thanks so much! The gradient tool in illustrator gave me so many headaches.

[rossimamyudi]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Good stuff!

[bakerist]

thanks from Spain

[michael10725]

Rock on man... Very cool Thank You!!!

[divakaneva]

nevermind I figure it out lol you can't have the object selected this is so different than photoshop its gonna take forever to learn

[divakaneva]

how do you get the color box to stay with the gradient I open one the other one closes?

[ZawadiSimone]

When I went through the steps: 'WIndow - Gradient', he palette with all of the colors and options that you have did NOT appear.

(I also had the 'gradient' tool highlighted in the 'tool' palette AND also the bottom 'gradient' button was also highlighted).

Please explain how to get the full palette that you got. I am using CS3.

[LouisianaGatorGirl]

@ZawadiSimone Look at the RIGHT side of your Illustrator screen. There's a word there that says "Gradient." Click on it to open up the gradient editor. Now approximately 2 inches above the word "gradient" you'll see the word "swatches." Click on it to see the color palette.

[EliteXxbrutexX]

Thanks very useful 5 *

[1nglewattz1]

You cleared up a lot for me, thanks.

[shalvius]

thx

[Fathomings]

your tutorials are the best.

[GreenySVK]

thanks a lot....

[JvO80]

thanks great tuto.

[paultjuh12]

Thanks! Now i finally know how to put colors in that black and white gradient! :-D You are a Hero!:)

[alice789]

very useful tut.. thx!!

[keuppart]

hey, nice video! really liked watching it. keep up the good work. check out my artwork video and adobe CS tutorials if you like, and vote for my artwork!

[micsibulopianist]

thanks... for the video

[Valensii]

thanks man.. It's useful...

[jmshd]

thank u thank u thank u so much. I didn't understand a thing of the gradient tool.

thnx a lot man

[fantasybird]

thanks on helping me to find gradient

[therealcharismatron]

Another great tutorial, thanks a million for the many hours that you've saved!

[grogmaninteractive]

Is it possible take Gradient colours with the eye dropper?

[brosnanq8]

Thanks. I was trying from two days how to change the color in Gradient. It was just giving me the default color which was black and white. Thanks once more.

[blackflagqwerty]

Me too, was'nt it fuckin frustrating

[blondieb23]

me too, you guys aren't the only ones. i swear illustrator has some weird way of doing things and it pisses me off!

[airscrew1]

And me. I couldn't find anything in the help file about changing the colour and this guy has sorted it.

[Zelma10]

Thank you! You saved my computer from being thrown through the window. I just couldn't change the color from being b&w. Now I know! :D

[imbadimba]

hehe, same thing here!

[loyalty1405]

Nice tutorial, thank u very much :) ...

but I have a question, if I want to drag a new color which isn't in the swatches palette, I mean I want to select a color, how would I do that? I tried but I couldn't :S

[parabrab]

good info, funky background hiss.

[thevietsfinest]

thanks so much...

[otakingmx]

I was having problems with that but not anymore, thanks

[kimberleystrand]

thank you so much for this!!! I was using PS previously and Illustrator is so different, I was totally lost!

[illustrationdan]

Definitely a different work flow between the two, I love photoshop but I work really sloooow in it.

[pastel7]

I have the same issue in Illustrator :)

[mack1zero]

thanks, i missed an exam on this

[pengam2006]

Your tutorials are awesome! i've learnt so much so quickly.