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gradient photoshop tutorials/examples?
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 11:40 am
by mikewooten
are there any good photoshop tutorials on the web that someone can point me to?
thanks
what i'm trying to do is use a gradient. i want one side of the gradient to be one color, then the other side to be clear with no color and/or have an image on that other side kinda like the example image that is provided below.
if anyone knows how to do that or if you know of a tutorial that can explain that, then that would be great.
i am using photoshop 7.0.
thanks
http://wootenmedia.com/pshop/example.jpg
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 11:56 am
by pickle
There are two ways to do this:
1) Make your gradient just one solid colour. On one end, set the opacity to 0%. Fill a layer with that gradient and you'll get what you want
2) Fill a layer 100% with the fill colour. Make a mask on that layer that is a gradient black to white. That'll also get you what you want.
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 12:37 pm
by mikewooten
how do you each ends opacity? how do i set one end with opacity 0%?
thanks
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 2:11 pm
by pickle
When in the gradient dialog, click one of the markers on the top side of the gradient. The Opacity field will become active, and you can set it there.
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 3:25 pm
by mikewooten
I have a simlar question to the original one i posted...
is there a way to accomplish the same thing using two images?
instead of using one side as a color and the other side an image or with no opacity, is there a way to put two images together without using color gradients?
thanks
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 3:32 pm
by pickle
Yep, but you'd have to get into masks (which are cool, but scare people needlessly).
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 3:36 pm
by mikewooten
ok, how do you do this?
thanks
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 3:43 pm
by pickle
There are lots of tutorials online about masking in Photoshop. Essentially, you select the layer you want to mask, then click the little button near the bottom of the 'Layers' palette that looks like a white circle in a grey box. This will create a layer mask.
The layer mask is 8-bit and greyscale with white being 100% visible, and black being 0% visible. To make a layer look faded in, just fill it with a gradient starting with black where you want the picture to be invisible, and ending with white where you want the picture visible.
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 4:02 pm
by mikewooten
ok, i've created the layer mask on one layer, now do i set that masked layer with a fill to 0%, then go to the gradients dialog box and select forground to transparent? or how would i do this?
do i create this gradient on the same layer as the mask layer or create it on a different layer?
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 4:06 pm
by pickle
It's hard to see, but if you look closely, you'll see a black box around either the layer or the mask - whichever you've got selected. When you've got the mask selected, apply your gradient.
Once again, check Google for Photoshop gradient tutorials - you'll be able to find something useful.