• Adobe After Effects

  Disappearing gradient widget on shape layer

  Posted by Navarro Parker on April 17, 2015 at 3:05 am

  When editing a gradient fill on a shape layer, sometime I can see the HUD widget that lets me draw the direction and length of the gradient in the comp window. But most of the time, it’s invisible.

  How do I bring it back?

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  Todd Kopriva

  April 18, 2015 at 10:07 pm

  Select the shape on the shape layer with the Selection tool.

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  Navarro Parker

  April 19, 2015 at 5:38 pm

  I tried that. But nothing happened.

  After some playing around, it seems the shape and fill both need to be contained a Group object for the gizmo to appear? I take either the fill or shape out of the group and the gizmo disappears.

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