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Terri Wells
 

Create Gradient in Photoshop CS3?


Using the premise that you can create your own brushes in Photoshop from your own image, can you do the same to make a gradient? Example: I have a photo of a bed of tulips that I wanted to use as a background but fade it from full to transparent from top to bottom.
Thanks, Terri


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March 23, 2008

 
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  The effect is easily explained, but I'm not sure if you want it saved as something different than a layer that can be copied and pasted.
If you make your tulip image as a layer - either by directly duplicating the layer or selecting the whole image - copy it and paste it on a new background.
Next, you put a layer mask on it, then you choose the gradient tool. You then can drag where ever you'd like your starting point to be.
You can save it as a psd so whenever you need it, you just copy the faded layer.


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