Any way to use gradient fills?

[Greg Titus]

Hi Jeremy,

On Monday, December 17, 2001, at 10:50  AM, Jeremy Reichman wrote:
> I haven't been able to find a way to get gradient (linear, log, radial, 
> etc.) fills in Graffle objects. Am I correct in assuming that gradient 
> fills aren't possible in the program?

We don't have gradient fills in Graffle 1.1, but we do have linear and 
radial gradient fills in Graffle 1.2. If you'd like to try an early beta 
of Graffle 1.2, go to 
http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omniweb/sneakypeek/ (yes, it's a 
page about OmniWeb, but the link on that page to go to our 'sneakypeek' 
ftp site also has a Graffle disk image in there.)

> Has that been a feature request already? If not, I'll make it. :)

Yes, it has. :-)

> Actually, I find that whole color-picking interface to be unintuitive, 
> but perhaps that's because I just have the wrong kind of intuition. 
> Since other programs use the same interface, I'll assume that comes 
> from the OS and I'll have to send Apple feedback about it.

Yes, it's the standard OS X color panel.  But maybe we could do more on 
the color-picking front - are there specific suggestions you have for 
improvements?

> Graffle, with a few key feature additions, would replace my (generally 
> limited) needs for a lot of other programs, including FreeHand and 
> Fireworks. (It reminds me a little of the thrill I got with 
> LightningDrawGX a few years ago.) And I'd rather be running something 
> that is Mac OS X-native, too.

Feel free to suggest the other key feature additions as well.

Thanks!
	-Greg