One adjustment you can make is sliding this diamond icon in the middle of the gradient to adjust where the color change starts.Īnd finally, one last place you can make some extra adjustments to your gradient is the Gradient flyout menu.
Then you can double click on your swatch and make more adjustments – click the Preview icon to see your changes live on your document as you make them within this gradient window. Then we can make subtle adjustments to lighten this end of the spectrum, and the golden gradient becomes more evident.Ĭlick OK, and you’ll see your new gradient swatch in your list of Swatches.Ĭlick your shape, and apply the gradient swatch to it to see it in action. Then click the other end of the spectrum, and I like to make this one the exact same as the first one just as a starting point. Then you’ll have to select the first color on the gradient spectrum at the bottom to see the color controls come up.įor the darker side of the gradient, we’ll use this CMYK formula: 17 / 39 / 84 / 18. You can name your swatch (“gold”) and select linear to start with. If you don’t see this option on your screen, you can go to Window > Color > Swatches and toggle it on there.Ĭlick the four-bar drop-down menu in the top right corner, and select New Gradient Swatch. Next, we’ll go to the Swatches flyout menu on the right. Then I’ll click and drag my mouse while holding the Shift key to draw my circle – the Shift key keeps it in perfect proportions so it forms a perfect circle and not an oval. I’ll click the Rectangle tool and hold it to show some other shape options – I’ll choose the circle option.
First, we’ll draw a shape so we can see our gold gradient as we create it.
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