Gradient colour for a line

[handrawn]

Keith thats good too - some banding on the line in your xar file - but then my
example in post #12 isn't perfect

Depends what you want to do

SHERI -CHAN

You need to select the bevel only with the selection tool and then with the fill tool leftclick+drag with the mouse in the direction you want the gradient fill to go

[ss-kalm]

Yes, I noticed that banding too, but given the zoom to see it, it's probably acceptable.

[handrawn]

yes - thats what I though regarding artifacts on mine

[David O'Neil]

What is the reason for not converting to editable shapes? It seems easier than the workarounds given here, especially if you assign a keyboard shortcut to it.

[Rhanna]

Thanks Mark for the gradient line and all the others who inputted
Great Advice.
Rupert

[amoore]

What is the reason for not converting to editable shapes?

If you're talking about converting the line, then it would no longer be editable as a line.

Changing the "shape" of the line would then be a very different proposition. Instead of a line of nodes down the middle of the line (more or less), you'd have nodes on the perimeter. OTOH, that would enable you to make a line of variable width.

[David O'Neil]

My point was that the solutions being proposed are as convoluted as just converting the line to a shape, if not more so.

[handrawn]

but not if you want to edit the line as a line after it has been given the gradient?

[David O'Neil]

In the other methods, don't you have to change the clipview object? Maybe I didn't read them well enough.

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I hadn't read them well enough. The bevel method is pretty neat, although I seem to remember that those algorithms sometimes subtly shift the colors, so double-check for that.

[handrawn]

post #7 ?