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Flash Gradient Tool Tip: Removing Colors with Ctrl + Click

Sunday July 5, 2009
I am one clumsy sucker with a mouse - especially with my laptop's touchpad. There was a time when I could draw detailed, proportional art on-screen without use of a graphics tablet; now I'm lucky if I can hit the link I was trying to open on the first shot. I blame old age and carpal tunnel. (Or I'm just an uncoordinated mess; can you use "old age" as an excuse when you're only 29?) Because of this, I often goof up when tweaking gradients in Flash. It's not uncommon for me to accidentally add five or six unwanted color swatches to a gradient's palette, just from trying to adjust the position of existing swatches. Thankfully I don't have to drive myself batty by manually dragging them off the color bar area until they disappear; just a little keyboard shortcut fixes the problem. Well...assuming I can hit that tiny square on the first try.

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