* Stupid Question: How do I create a radial gradient?

[Forsky]

Pardon my stupidity, but how do I create a new radial gradient going from
white to a specific pantone color?

[Alvaro G Vicario]

*** Forsky wrote/escribió (Wed, 14 Apr 2004 10:23:28 -0400):

> Pardon my stupidity, but how do I create a new radial gradient going from
> white to a specific pantone color?

Select your shape, click on gradient icon (it's on Gradient palette) and
choose radial type. Now it's time to choose colours. You can do it in that
pallet, in the small squares in the bottom. Click on one of them and then
check the Color palette. You can choose a colour in the usual way, just be
careful of not clicking on the big coloured square (which cancels the
operation). Then click on the other and repeat the process.

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[Alvaro G Vicario]

*** Forsky wrote/escribió (Wed, 14 Apr 2004 10:23:28 -0400):

> Pardon my stupidity, but how do I create a new radial gradient going from
> white to a specific pantone color?

Sorry, I hadn't realized the Pantone part. Go to Windows-> Sample libraries
and select a Pantone one. Then drag the selected colour onto the small
square (begin or end) in the Gradient palette.

Names may differ, my Illustrator is in Spanish.

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[Forsky]

This is where you lose me. I can click on the gradient, and it will fill my
shape with the gradient. However, when trying to change one of the two
colors (black/white) to something else, it only lets me choose from the CMYK
color picker. It doesn't let me use my swatches (which include my pantone
color), nor does it let me use the color picker on the artwork itself.

Trying to pick a swatch as one of the two gradient colors turns the fill
into a solid fill. No more gradient.

"Alvaro G Vicario" <alvaro_QUITAR_REMOVE@telecomputeronline.com> wrote in
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> *** Forsky wrote/escribió (Wed, 14 Apr 2004 10:23:28 -0400):

> > Pardon my stupidity, but how do I create a new radial gradient going

from

> > white to a specific pantone color?

>
> Select your shape, click on gradient icon (it's on Gradient palette) and
> choose radial type. Now it's time to choose colours. You can do it in that
> pallet, in the small squares in the bottom. Click on one of them and then
> check the Color palette.

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This is where you lose me. I can click on the gradient, and it will fill my
shape with the gradient. However, when trying to change one of the two
colors (black/white) to something else, it only lets me choose from the CMYK
color picker. It doesn't let me use my swatches (which include my pantone
color), nor does it let me use the color picker on the artwork itself.

Trying to pick a swatch as one of the two gradient colors turns the fill
into a solid fill. No more gradient.

"Alvaro G Vicario" <alvaro_QUITAR_REMOVE@telecomputeronline.com> wrote in
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Wow, 6 years later here I am replying. These instructions by Alvaro G Vicario were sick. So many long winded instructions out there about gradients and this hit it on the head.

Thanks man.

[Unregistered]

Wow, 6 years later here I am replying. These instructions by Alvaro G Vicario were sick. So many long winded instructions out there about gradients and this hit it on the head.

Thanks man.

Hahaha 6 years laters... so funny :)