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• • September 25, 2012 at 12:05 pm #63238
    bnsprd

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    Hello, I wonder if anyone can help me create a circular gradient, (no, NOT a radial gradient) in which the gradient begins at 12 o'clock and reaches it's opposite end at 11:59, like a circular progress bar. It is basically a linear gradient running around the stroke of a circle with no fill color.

    I have made two attempts. First I created a circle with a wide stroke – 20 pt – then selected the thin-thin stroke type and used a gradient as the gap color. It looks nice, but unfortunately the gradient is not applied as I would like.

    

    I also created a straigt line with the same settings and tried to convert it to a circle, but (1) I could not get a perfect circle and (2) the gradient still applied linearly across the image rather than around it. Note that the gradient runs from white to green (not white-green-white as it might appear below), so if applied as I would like, green would meet white when it runs full circle, not transition back to white, though I would grant bonus points if anyone can tell me how to do it both ways

    Actually, I'll be happy just to get it done one way.

    

    If Illustrator or Photoshop have to brought in I can do that but would prefer to stay in InDesign.

    Many thanks,

    Joseph

  • September 25, 2012 at 12:27 pm #63239
    David Blatner

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    I have two suggestions:

    1. Use Illustrator; or
    2. Use Photoshop

    :)

    Illustrator CS6 actually has a new “gradient along a path” feature.

  • September 25, 2012 at 1:04 pm #63242
    bnsprd

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    Thank you David, I have done a few searches for the same subject on Illustrator but did not get a direct hit. I'll try the “gradient along a path” approach and see if I can get it.

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