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The gradient is displayed at the bottom.

Use the colour stops below it to edit the

urs. Click to add a new stop. To introduce

sparency, use the opacity stops above the

ient. Slide midpoints to adjust the blend.

Save it

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When finished, change the name, then

click the New button. Your gradient will

be added to the presets. You can now choose it

when working with the Gradient tool. You can

also use it for Gradient Fill, Overlay and Map.

Set up

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Set your Foreground/Background colours.

Select the Gradient tool. Click the gradient

sample in the options bar. Choose the

Foreground to Background gradient to blend

between those two colours.

Gradientsletyoucreateblendsof

colour, which you can unleash

upon your artwork. Choose

from the plethora of presets

or find packs on the FileSilo.

We’ll show you how to start

with a preset and

personalise it, altering colour

and even adding areas of

transparency. After naming and

saving the preset, you can then

deploy it as a raster fill using the

Gradient tool, a non-destructive gradient

fill, a layer style or gradient map.

GRADI

multiple

ll layers and is

the FileSilo!

GRADIENT FILL

Agradientfilllayerisperfect

forlayingoutnon-destructive

colour blends. Add black to

themasktoreduce.

Use a gradient map

Not only can you deploy gradients as solid

blends of colours, you can apply them to

images. Choose a Gradient Map adjustment

layer. Pick your gradient. The image’s

grayscale range will now be mapped to the

gradient’s colours

Create noise

Youareabletocreatenoisegradientseasily

andquickly,justbychangingtheGradient

TypeintheGradientEditor.Bydoingthis,

you’llfindthatcoloursarerandomly

distributedusingyourspecified

colourrange.It’sagreatway

toachieveunexpected

results.

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