Create Gradient in Image

Lesson Info

Create Gradient in Image

This is looking pretty good. I think we can spiff this up with the addition of a rainbow. I don't know about you, but when I think about a castle in a cloud I feel like, I feel like it's not complete without a rainbow. So let's talk about how on Earth would we do that. We are gonna make use of something called the gradient tool. And before we get all into the rainbow, I just want to show you how the gradient tool works. So I'm just gonna mess around a little bit, I'm gonna create a new blank layer and I'm just gonna mess around a little bit with the gradient tool before we actually make this rainbow. So let's talk about the gradient tool. First of all, what is a gradient? A gradient is a fancy art word that just means a transition. So when we talk about gradients we're talking about transitioning between one color and another. So that could be, we could be transitioning between black and white, so that means that somewhere in between the black and white we would have some gray area. We...

could transition between black, white, and then into purple, orange, and green, so you can have more than just two colors that you're transitioning. And gradients are all around us even if we don't even notice it. So there's gradients in the studio here behind me on the site walls. There are gradients when you look in the sky at any time. We like to say that the sky is blue, and it is, but it's not just one shade of blue, it's a whole gradient and transition of different blues, it's depending on the time of day, and also, obviously, some other colors as well, especially during a sunset there's a lot of different colors. So those are all gradients, they're all around us, part of the world that we live in, and we can create them in Photoshop, as well, and that's how you can create a lot more realism in your image. So even if we look right here in this sky scene that we have, if we were gonna try, if for some reason I was gonna try to recreate this sky, I would be looking at this as a gradient and I would see that the sky area over here is really light, I mean, it's practically white, and then it sort of fades and transitions into a blue color over here, and then it seems to fade again over here.

Class Description

Lessons

1. Class Introduction
2. Understand How Elements Works
3. Importing Images
4. Workspace Basics: Organizer
5. Workspace Basics: Editor
6. Tonal Adjustments in Quick Fix
7. Color Adjustments in Quick Fix
8. Apply Black & White Filters
9. Sharpen an Image
10. Fix Red Eye & Pet Eye
11. Straighten an Image in Quick Fix
12. Explanation of Photoshop Elements
13. Basic Cropping in Quick Fix
14. Guided Edit Overview
15. Guided Edit: Tilt Shift
16. Ways to Save Files
17. Layers & Simple Selections
18. Combine Images with Layers
19. How to Use Layer Styles
20. Make Selections with Layers
21. Make Selection with Lasso
22. Compositing with Multiple Images
23. Refine Edge Selection on Image
24. Use Refine Edge on Images
25. Create Gradient in Image
26. Gradient Map Differences
27. Options for Saving
28. Brushes Overview
29. Creatively Use Brushes
30. How to Change Brush Settings
31. Use Shape Tool with Brushes
32. Work with Multiple Shape Layers
33. Finish Image with Custom Shape Tool
34. How to Load Brushes into Elements
35. Add Layer Style to Image
36. Clip Image to Shape & Use as Template
37. Retouching Overview
38. How to Use Content-Aware Fill
39. How to Use Content-Aware Move Tool
40. Spot Healing Brush on Blemishes
41. Remove Frown Lines with Retouching
42. How to Remove Tattoos
43. Remove a Gap in Teeth
44. How to Whiten Teeth
45. Adjust Facial Features
46. Working with Type Overview
47. Match Type for Image
48. How to Manipulate Type Layers
49. Create Postcard with Type
50. Add Type on a Path
51. Organizing Images in Elements
52. Add Keywords to Images
53. Smart Tags Overview
54. Using Albums in Elements
55. Places Workspace Overview
56. Use Event Tags on Images
57. Timeline for Image Organization
58. Recommended Workflow