Gradients and color stops

[Scott_Weichert@adobeforums.com]

Indesign CS2 on a PPC G5 OS 10.4.7 and an Intel MacBookPro OS 10.4.7.

Forgive me if it's been asked.

With Illustrator gradients, a user can click a color stop and adjust the color for the stop without requiring the user to create a new color swatch. With spot or global colors you can adjust the tint slider.

Using Indesign CS2 altering a color stop is not possible if the stop was placed by dragging a swatch to the gradient palette from the swatches palette.

A user CAN alter the color of a color stop if they click the gradient anywhere in-between existing stops.

Is it simply a limitation of Indesign CS2 gradients that they don't allow the dynamic adjustment of color stops? it's horribly limiting.

[Gerald_Singelmann@adobeforums.com]

In general: when you have anything selected with a swatch applied to it, you can switch to CMYK in the menu of the colour palette

[Scott_Weichert@adobeforums.com]

But, I want control a la Illustrator. When applying a swatch to a gradient color stop, I want to control the swatch the same as Illustrator will control a global or spot swath - with a tint slider, not remix CMYK colors. Is this just not possible?

[Gerald_Singelmann@adobeforums.com]

No, for that you need to build a tint swatch first.

[Scott_Weichert@adobeforums.com]

Okay, that's what I've experienced. And what I find terribly detrimental to any workflow.

Developers.. if you are reading... please consider updating the gradient and color palettes to match Illustrator functionality at least.

Thanks

[Michael_Trout@adobeforums.com]

I find the current functionality to be preferred. Using defined swatches and tints means that if you have to globally change a tint or swatch, you can be assured that the grandient using that tint or swatch will also be adjusted.

As an example, I had a document wherein I was instructed to set the minimum tint to 10%. So, any value lower than that had to be adjusted up. I made the change in the swatch palette and watched as all my 5% and 8% tints became 10%, including the 50%-5%-50% gradient (now a 50%-10%-50%).

To each his own, I suppose.

-mt

[Scott_Weichert@adobeforums.com]

That could still be retained... But one should be permitted to adjust a tint for a gradient stop as well.