Pastes the control points from the Clipboard 

into the gradient, inserting animation keys 

as necessary.

Pastes the control points from the Clipboard 

into the gradient, overwriting any animation 

keys.

If the number of control points on the 

Clipboard is equal to the number of control 

points in the gradient, this will animate the 

If the gradient on the Clipboard has no 

control points in the gradient.

animation keys (copied with Animate mode 

on, or from a non animated gradient), any 

animation keys in the gradient will be 

You must turn off Animate mode before 

removed.

pasting gradients with animation keys 

(copied when Animate mode is off).

Notes

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You can create color cycling animations simply by changing the Rotation setting or 

dragging the rotation slider while Animate mode is on.

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The individual input boxes in the gradient editor do not show animation indicators. Refer to 

the animation indicators in the horizontal bar below the control points instead.

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You cannot directly insert or delete animation keys in the gradient editor. Use the 

Timeline

tool window instead.

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Because each control point is animated separately, you cannot create an animation from one 

arbitrary gradient to another, and you cannot animate the insertion or deletion of a control 

point. To blend from one arbitrary gradient to another, duplicate the current 

layer

, change 

the gradient on the new layer, and 

animate the opacity

 of the layer so it fades in to replace 

the original gradient.

Next: 

Animating layers

See Also

Tutorial: Working with animations

Animating parameters

Gradients

Animation

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