Also I tend to adjust and experiment with colors quite often along the way towards completion of an image. Well, I'm working with a more or less great number of (nested) layers, where usually only one is unlocked at a time, in order to avoid accidentally picking or creating new objects on the wrong layer (which does actually happen more frequently the more complex an image gets, sometimes due to performance problems). Now one might wonder why it's sooo bad to select an object to change its colors. I've been using the auto-palette ever since I stumbled over that feature, mostly because it made quickly changing colors a breeze, without actually having to have selected an object with the swatch/gradient applied, mind you. Sure, being able to rename them without having to use the XML editor is a lot more convenient. But so far I can't say I'm really happy with the new way of editing gradients/swatches. I'm still using the stable version and have only been fiddling a little bit with the dev release yet (don't usually need bleeding edge features and stable runs smoother/faster). If that doesn't answer your question, would you please explain in detaill exactly the steps you take - which buttons you click or what tool you're using, what you do on the canvas, etc.Druban wrote:May I ask why you want to use the LGE? The new redesign of the gradient tool has all the functionality and more of that dialog, and does not cost you screen space. Just remember when you're dragging the gradient handles, when they get close to each other, they will automatically snap and be locked together - no matter whether you have snapping enabled or not! And also remember that the Shift key is the key to unlocking them Then you can drag them together later, if you need to. But if you create the gradient by dragging the gradient tool over the object, you can see to it that the handles are already separated. And that's how they become stuck on top of each other. So, if you created the gradient by selecting the object, and clicking one of the gradient buttons in the Fill and Stroke dialog, it automatically creates the gradient centered in the object's fill and/or stroke. That opens the old editor (An object with a gradient has to be selected, to see the icon.) However, the other day, I found out the old gradient editor isn't entirely gone! If you go into Inskcape Preferences > Tools > Gradient, put a check beside "Use legacy gradient editor", then go in the Fill and Stroke dialog and click the tiny pencil and paper icon on the bottom, left corner of the dialog. And you have to drag it some distance, or it will snap back into its locked position. Those square handles are locked together, so you have to hold Shift to unlock them. To drag the handles apart, hold Shift key while you grab the square handle and drag it away from the other. This does change how the gradient fills the fill or stroke, but after you make your changes, you can drag the handle back into place. In this case, the only way I've found to edit, is to drag the gradient handles apart. As far as I can tell, it's impossible to edit either one. What happens when you have a gradient on the fill and a separate gradient on the stroke of the same object, and depending on how you created the gradient, is that the gradient handles lie precisely right on top of each other. On a semi related note, is there a way to default "Snap cusp nodes" on? This is another annoying little change that was made since I upgraded from 0.48Īre you now editing on the canvas with the Gradient tool? I hope we can get some real improvements to the way gradients can be edited (or maybe the old gradient edit window back?) How do I make my rectangle have two different gradients that don't "overwrite" each other? Next, I change my stroke to gradient, and that changes to red->transparent.įinally, when try to edit the transparent colour of the border, it changes the colour on the fill too and vice versa! Then I switch the fill to gradient, and the green fades to transparent. It draws me a box with a green centre and a red border (not sure if this is tool defaults, or just based of some last setting, but doesn't really matter). So, if I start a new drawing, and draw a rectangle using the tool. I must admit, the way 0.91 edits gradients compared to 0.48 is very confusing, but I thought I was starting to get the hang of it. I upgraded to v0.91 and I'm really struggling to work out how to edit my gradients.
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