curved arrow with gradient

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curved arrow with gradient

Hi,

I might be blind, but is there an option to draw a curved arrow and give it a color gradient?

I know that with Insert -> Shape -> Arrow I get a strait arrow in which I can set a color gradient.

And there is also the option to draw a curved line with a pen and give it an arrow at the end. But there is no option to give this curved arrow a color gradient.

It seems that Keynote '09 recognises this curved arrow as a line and it seems to me that there is no option to draw a line with a color gradient.

I hope that somebody knows a work around.

Cheers

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Nov 17, 2011 4:52 PM

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Answer 1

Nov 18, 2011 3:27 AM in response to mitsch

Instead of Arrow, use Polygon. Create a two-point line (don't hit return or enter), then click and drag any of the two points to make it curve. Once you have what you like, hit enter, then click on the line and from there, Inspector -> Graphic, and you should see two menus titled "endpoints"

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Nov 18, 2011 7:01 AM in response to Edward Escobar

Thanks Edward for the help.

This is the first step to creat a curved arrow and it works fine.

But as it is just a line I still can't find the option to give it a color gradient, like in the picture below. Right now I have to go to Powerpoint, draw the arrow with gradient there and copy it to Keynote.

Some searching in the forum revealed that others had the problem before me. And it seems that Apple doesn't give the option of a color gradient for lines.

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Answer 3

Nov 18, 2011 1:37 PM in response to mitsch

One thing you could try and do is use the polygon option to pinpoint a 7-point figure (the line with an arrow) to create the shape and use the fill option to give it the gradient look.

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mitsch Author

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Nov 18, 2011 5:58 PM in response to Edward Escobar

Thanks. Great idea.

It took some tries to get the curves of all the lines right, but it seems to be the best way for now to get the job done.

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