Select the object and apply a Linear or Radial Gradient.
- What’s new
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Add and import files
- Start new files
- Import from other apps
- Import other file types
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Use generative AI
- Common questions about generative AI features in Illustrator
- Generate similar variations without text prompts
- Generate scenes, subjects, and icons
- Partner models in Adobe Illustrator
- Use Auto Select
- Generate patterns
- Manage pattern variations
- Edit generated patterns
- Generate shape fills
- Scenarios with repeat shape fill generation
- Recolor artwork with text prompts
- Generate vector graphics to expand artwork
- Options to expand the expanded artwork
- Generate print bleed
- View 2D objects from new angles
- Scenarios with linked variations
- Manage generated variations
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Create and manage artboards
- Add and edit artboards
- Organize and manage artboards
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Paint and fill
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Learn painting basics
- About fills and strokes
- Fill and stroke controls
- Apply fill colors
- Apply stroke colors
- Create multiple fills and strokes
- Convert strokes to compound paths
- Remove fills or strokes
- Select objects with same fill and stroke
- Paint tools overview
- Paint with the Live Paint Bucket tool
- Live Paint Bucket tool options
- Create Live Paint groups
- Isolate Live Paint groups
- Merge paths using the Blob Brush tool
- Blob brush options and best practices
- About Live Paint
- Find and close gaps in Live Paint groups
- Expand and release Live Paint groups
- Resize objects or paths within Live Paint groups
- Select faces, edges, and paths in Live Paint groups
- Add paths to a Live Paint group
- Live Paint limitations
- Create and edit gradients
- Create and edit meshes
- Create and edit patterns
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Learn painting basics
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Manage colors
- Select and adjust colors
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Manage layers
- Lock and hide layers
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Design with text
- Edit and format text
- Work with fonts and scripts
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Manage objects
- Reshape and transform objects
- Measure and align
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Apply special effects and styles
- Apply filter effects
- Create 3D graphics
- Apply graphic styles
- Troubleshoot
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Save and export
- Export files to different formats
- Export to other apps
- Get started
Apply gradients across multiple objects
Learn how to apply gradients across multiple objects in Adobe Illustrator for a consistent and unified color transition.
Apply a Linear Gradient or a Radial Gradient for multiple objects
Select the Selection tool from the toolbar. Hold the Shift key and select the other objects that you want to fill with same gradient.
Select the Fill icon in the Gradient panel to apply the gradient to the selected objects.
You can use the Eyedropper tool to pick different gradient colors.
Apply gradients for multiple objects using the Gradient tool
To create a gradient with one Gradient Annotator, select the Gradient tool and click on the artboard where you want the gradient to begin, then drag to the point where you want it to end.
To create a gradient with a Gradient Annotator for every selected object, select the Gradient tool and press and hold Alt (Windows) or Option (macOS), then drag from the gradient’s start point to its endpoint. Adjust the different gradient sliders for the different objects. Multiple gradient sliders are only created for simple paths.