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I find that gradient are really badly handled usually in svg softwares, I hope this can improve it. In inkscape you can make only a one direction gradient, nev

I find that gradient are really badly handled usually in svg softwares, I hope this can improve it. In inkscape you can make only a one direction gradient, never a gradient with more than 2 points, I don't know if it is a limitation of the format itself. Also when you have multiple gradients in one file, the software becomes extremely slow. And they don't mix correctly when overlapped with transparency. It seems a low hanging fruit to optimize that, but I guess there is little traction

cycomanic 1y ago
I don't quite understand what you mean. Are you talking about color points, you can add many different ones in inks ape (the UI of the gradient tool is admittedly quite bad though). Or do you mean a sort of double gradient, i.e. if goes from red to blue from left to right, but from opaque to transparent from top to bottom? I never had to use such a gradient, so not sure if it's possible.
- somethingsome 1y ago
  Take a triangle, put a different color on each vertex, tri-interpolate
  - brulard 1y ago
    This is not supported in SVG. There was a Mesh Gradient feature planned for SVG v2.0, but AFAIK that was removed from the draft. It's a shame. Here is an article discussing that. (2018, mind you) https://librearts.org/2018/05/gradient-meshes-and-hatching-to-be-removed-from-svg-2-0/ https://librearts.org/2018/05/gradient-meshes-and-hatching-t... EDIT: I assumed this is SVG renderer, but now i think it may not be bound by SVG limitations.
KeplerBoy 1y ago
Do you mean a curved gradient as in a rainbow?
- somethingsome 1y ago
  Oh that could be useful as well!
- LegionMammal978 1y ago
  At least that can be done in SVG with a radial gradient (I don't know whether Inkscape exposes it). But for anything more complex than an ellipse, you're out of luck, short of something like a filter effect, which will be very heavyweight and also inconsistent across browsers.

cycomanic 1y ago

I don't quite understand what you mean. Are you talking about color points, you can add many different ones in inks ape (the UI of the gradient tool is admittedly quite bad though). Or do you mean a sort of double gradient, i.e. if goes from red to blue from left to right, but from opaque to transparent from top to bottom? I never had to use such a gradient, so not sure if it's possible.

somethingsome 1y ago
Take a triangle, put a different color on each vertex, tri-interpolate
- brulard 1y ago
  This is not supported in SVG. There was a Mesh Gradient feature planned for SVG v2.0, but AFAIK that was removed from the draft. It's a shame. Here is an article discussing that. (2018, mind you) https://librearts.org/2018/05/gradient-meshes-and-hatching-to-be-removed-from-svg-2-0/ https://librearts.org/2018/05/gradient-meshes-and-hatching-t... EDIT: I assumed this is SVG renderer, but now i think it may not be bound by SVG limitations.

KeplerBoy 1y ago

Do you mean a curved gradient as in a rainbow?

somethingsome 1y ago
Oh that could be useful as well!
LegionMammal978 1y ago
At least that can be done in SVG with a radial gradient (I don't know whether Inkscape exposes it). But for anything more complex than an ellipse, you're out of luck, short of something like a filter effect, which will be very heavyweight and also inconsistent across browsers.