Work better with your gradient meshes (Illustrator CS2/CS3/CS4/CS5)

We recommend turning on Smart Guides (View > Smart Guides) as you work with a gradient mesh. Smart Guides will help you visualize the relationships between your meshes as you draw them. To renew the mesh for additional color information when using Smart Guides, you must click the Direct Selection tool on a path - not an intersection, which gives you the opportunity to remove the white diamonds or squares, which is necessary to apply color.