Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
7.
Pressing the Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) key, drag the light yellow color stop
to the right, close to the black color stop, release the mouse button, and then release the
modifier key. This is an easy way to duplicate a color in a gradient.
8.
Pressing the Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) key, drag the leftmost (brown) color
stop to the right. Release the mouse button, and then release the modifier key, when it is
positioned as you see in the figure below.
9.
Click below the color ramp, between the two leftmost color stops, to add a final color
stop. Double-click that new color stop and, with the swatches showing, click the
swatch named frame 2 in the top color group.
10.
Choose Select > Deselect.
11.
Choose View > Fit Artboard In Window, and then choose File > Save.
Creating and applying a radial gradient
As previously noted, with a
radial gradient
, the starting color (leftmost color stop) of the
gradient defines the center point of the fill, which radiates outward to the ending color
(rightmost color stop).
Next, you will create and apply a radial gradient fill to a plate.
