6 Replies Latest reply: Jun 4, 2013 8:13 AM by Mike Gondek2 RSS

    Gradient Color Picker

    Herr K. aus Berlin Community Member

      Dear Community,

       

      i have a Problem with Illustrator CS6. I've attached an image below.

      I have an object with gradient fill and i've selected the first color stop.

      In previous Versions of AI i could the pick any color with color Picker while holding the shift-key.

      picker_01.jpg

      In CS6 this changes the color only in the Gradient Panel but not the Object itself:

      picker_02.jpg

       

      I have to admit that i'm glad not to be a creative cloud user so i'm able to switch between Ai cs 5.1 and 6

      because both have some features missing in the other version.

       

      My best,

       

      Herr K. aus Berlin

       

       

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        • 1. Re: Gradient Color Picker
          Monika Gause CommunityMVP

          You're using Windows, so it might be related to the eyedropper bug in CS6.

           

          But actually if the gradient changes in the gradient panel then it should change on the object as well.

          Does the object change when you apply the gradient once more by clicking on the miniature in the gradient panel?

          • 2. Re: Gradient Color Picker
            Herr K. aus Berlin Community Member

            So it's a known bug, thank you. I'll stick with CS5

            • 3. Re: Gradient Color Picker
              Mike Gondek2 Community Member

              This still works for me in CS6 mac, but more importantly try not to use Shift eyedropper. The topic has been discussed here before. Shift eyedropper is not accurate and samples the screen values, not the actual color. Depending on your document color mode, color profile settings, you will get a veriety of different innacurate color samples.

               

              Use global swatches more often. Try this instead:

              1. select a gradient stop
              2. Alt click on a swatch to fill that gradinet stop with that color

               

               

              If the swatch is set to global, you can easily change/adjust/merge colors later with one command on a global document level.

              • 4. Re: Gradient Color Picker
                An Elephant Community Member

                It's been bugged since last december, still not fixed. This bug is fixed ONLY for Mac version, no one know why.

                 

                Anyway, shift+eyedropper is not only for picking color from gradient. That's why this bug is crippling some people.

                • 5. Re: Gradient Color Picker
                  Herr K. aus Berlin Community Member

                  Re: Gradient Color Picker

                  created by Mike Gondek

                   

                   

                  This still works for me in CS6 mac, but more importantly try not to use Shift eyedropper. The topic has been discussed here many times. Shift eyedropper is not accurate and samples the screen values, not the actual color.

                   

                  Try using global swatches more often. Try this instead

                  1. select a gradient stop
                  2. Alt click on a swatch

                   

                   

                  If the swatch is set to global, you can easily change/adjust/merge colors later with one command on a global document level.

                  Thanks for the advice. I never had problems with shift-click picker i sample colors from other objects and even if they have Spot colors assigned it works, at least in CS5. I've tried in CS6 it's just not working. I've been told that there has been many discussions and i've read some. I'll stick to CS5. I'm very disapointed with adobe. This is a known bug it has been reworked on Mac Versions but not on PC.

                  • 6. Re: Gradient Color Picker
                    Mike Gondek2 Community Member

                    I will have to check this on my Win machine at home, if I remeber later tonight. Be careful this has deceived many people as the color looks good, but if you shift eyedropper sample a PMS color you will get a CMYK result that may look close. We often find these kind of mistakes using separations preview.