Store and manage color gradients in Eduard
Learn here about storing, renaming, deleting, sorting, applying, importing and exporting color gradients.
Click here to learn about editing color gradients .
Stored color gradients are available each time you start Eduard. To manage your color gradients, choose Shading > Edit Gradients. You can drag and drop color gradients between two windows and between Eduard and the Finder.
Store a color gradient
To store a color gradient do one of the following:
Choose Shading (at the top of your screen) > Store Gradient.
Click on the color palette icon in the top-right of the color sidebar and select Store Gradient.
Open the Settings dialog with Shading > Edit Gradients, then click on a color gradient in a document, and drag it onto the list of gradients in the Settings dialog.
To add a color gradient from a file, open the Settings dialog with Shading > Edit Gradients, then click the import icon in the lower right corner.
Rename, delete and sort stored color gradients
To manage your stored color gradient, open the Gradients dialog with Shading > Edit Gradients.
To change the name of a color gradient, click on the pencil icon of the gradient.
To delete a color gradient, select the gradient and click on the bin icon in the lower right corner.
To sort your color gradients, click and drag an icon with three horizontal lines.
To export a color gradient to a file, click on the icon with the upwards pointing arrow.
Apply a stored color gradient
To apply a gradient stored in the list of gradients int the Settings dialog, do one of the following:
Choose Shading (at the top of your screen), then select the name of the gradient.
Click on the color palette icon in the top-right of the color sidebar and choose the name of the gradient.
Click on a color gradient icon in the list of gradients in the Settings dialog and drag it onto a document.
Import and export color gradient files
Color gradients can be stored in gradient files and color gradients can be previewed in Finder.
To import or export a color gradient file, bring a document window to the foreground and do one the following:
Drag and drop color gradients between Finder and Eduard document windows.
Choose File > Import Gradient or File > Export Gradient.
Click on the color palette icon in the top-right of the color sidebar and choose Import Gradient or Export Gradient.
Right-click on a gradient in the color sidebar and choose Import Gradient or Export Gradient.
