Gradients are gradual blends between more than one colors. In other words gradient is color transition between multiple colors. Gradients can be applied to all shapes, texts, even as background etc.
How to choose and apply gradient?
You can use gradient for both stroke and fill applications. You can see a "Materials" panel or property window at the right side. At the panel there are two color boxes as shown below which is used to choose colors for foreground and background. The top box which here the image shows black is to choose foreground colors and the other box is to background colors.
- Now click over the color of foreground or background to which you have to set the color.
- When you click material property window gets open and select the "Gradient" tab.
- At the Gradient tab you can select any gradient from pre-defined categories. If you want to make your own gradient, see edit section.
There are different options to select the style of the gradient namely
- Linear gradient
- Rectangular gradient
- Sunburst gradient
- Radial gradient
Select any of the style above as you like. You can adjust the center and focus points for above styles except for Linear gradient by adjusting horizontal and vertical positions.
After selecting the options click ok to see the result.
is used to add colors. To add a new marker click on any position on color slide bar. You can set seperate colors for the markers and so you can have multiple colors of gradient. To set colors for the markers, select the marker and set the color by clicking on the "custom" color box at left.