New effect “gradient” Available
There is a new Effect available in SVN now. The “gradient” Effect allows you to draw vertical or horizontal gradients. You can use different colors and a percentage or pixel value for the position where the specific color should be.
Example:
<onActive name="gradient" direction="vertical"> <value offset="0%" color="#f00f" /> <value offset="20%" color="#0f0f" /> <value offset="60%" color="#00ff" /> <value offset="70%" color="#ff0f" /> <value offset="100%" color="#ffff" /> </onActive>
Result:
Awesome! 
You can use different Alpha Values for the colors too to make a gradient overlay elements or you could change the blendMode to multiply before applying the gradient with the “blendMode” effect 
Have Fun!
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