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 January
30, 2000
Finding Middle Gradient
Colors
FreeHand 7 gave us the ability to create
multiple color Gradient fills in the Fill Inspector palette.
The only problem is that the palette isn't big enough to show us the
name of those colors, only the first and last color. Below is a quick
and easy way to find out those colors.
Version: 7 and above (FreeHand 10 now
shows you what color it is by just clicking on the swatch)
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Above is a circle with a multicolored
Gradient Fill. In the Fill Inspector you can see that the
middle colors names are hidden. This could make things tricky
should you need to change those color values later, or if you're
just curious as to what those colors are.
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The first thing you want to do is
to bring the Tint palette into view. This can be grouped
with any other palette and you don't have to put it next
to the Fill inspector.
In FreeHand 7, just click
on the Tint button in the Color Mixer palette.
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Make sure the object is still selected
(so you can see the gradient information). With the Option
key held down or the Control key in Windows, click on the
middle gradient colors.
You should see them appear in the
Tint palette. Watch the animation above as I get the named
colors from the middle.
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Special
Note
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Make sure that all of
your colors are named, otherwise you'll just
see a blank name in the Tints palette like shown above.
To quickly name all of your colors, go into the Xtras
menu -> Colors -> Name All Colors.
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Version
Addendum
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FreeHand 10 now shows you
what color you have just by clicking on the color swatch
in the Gradient like shown above.
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That was a great little trick that was
recently discussed in the Macromedia FreeHand Newsgroup. If you
haven't visited there yet, I highly recommend it. There are great people
that visit regularly, including some Macromedia Tech support staff and
yours truly of course. There is a link to it from the Links &
Resources page. 
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