How do you create new gradients??

winwintoo · #1 01-27-2003, 10:45 AM

I've been playing around with gradients in Photoshp - I would like to create some for web page backgrounds and save them so i can just use them without haveing to fiddle with them next time, but can't seem to get a handle on an easy way to work with them or create them.

Please help!

Thanks, Margaret

Doug Nelson · #2 01-27-2003, 04:00 PM

Doubleclick on any existing gradient, edit your beginning, middle, and end colors, and the stops and smoothness, then save with a unique name.

winwintoo · #3 01-27-2003, 04:14 PM

Thnaks Doug - when I first read your response I thought "yes, I did that" and then I went back and tried again and Voila!!

I have no idea what I was doing before, but it sure wasn't working for me.

Take care, Margaret

Stephen M · #4 01-28-2003, 01:05 AM

I agree, duplicating and then editing an existing gradient that is close to what you want is ideal.

What version of Photoshop? It is slightly different between v5 and later versions.

I remember the first time Adobe Illustrator had multiple colour/step gradients (before they moved to Photoshop) - they are far from intuitive to learn on your own, but when you do get the hang of them they are _mostly_ easy enough to use. <g>

Stephen Marsh.