[CREATE] Questions and reflections about gradients

[Jon Cruz]

On Nov 3, 2010, at 5:34 PM, Sven Langkamp wrote:

> * In my idea, a gradient is defined by stops and the way to go from one
> to the other. All other things like shape, angle, center, etc. are how
> you use the gradient, not the gradient itself. Which means I would leave
> out these features when importing from OpenOffice.org or Flash.
> 
> Agreed.

Yes, I've done the analysis in the past and came to the same conclusion.

It is most helpful to separate the gradient itself away from the application of a gradient:

http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Swatch_Book#Gradient

http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Swatch_Book#Gradient_Application