A gradient is the outcome of blending multiple colors or channels gradually together. A rainbow is an example of a gradient.
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How do I achieve this gradient effect on type in Illustrator?
I'm trying to achieve the gradient effect shown in the below examples on each letter of the type I'm using in a logo design. I don't really know what this style is called, so I can't effectively look ...
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How can I add two gradient layer styles photoshop
I made a rectangular shape. I set it's layer style to gradient overlay and the layer mode to multiply.
It looks great with one layer, the one on the left. However when I make another shape and ...
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How to Eliminate Gradient Banding in Photoshop [duplicate]
Anyone have any solution to eliminate banding when i use gradient in background as shown in the below image
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An analogous gradient on a triangle in Inkscape
I have a rectangle, shown below, which has a gradient so that the top and bottom edges fade to black. I wish to reshape this this rectangle into a triangle (like the one pictured) so that top and ...
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Gradient Tool is blocked on Illustrator cs6
My gradient tool on Illustrator cs6 is blocked.
It won't let me change color, direction or anything related. The Gradient tool wont even let me click on the gradient, it shows the cursor with a ...
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How to fix the gradient's position in Illustrator?
How do I make the Illustrator not change the gradient's position and size when I change the path's shape?
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Illustrator gradient tool won't change direction
In Illustrator CS6, I can only get the gradient tool to add a horizontal gradient.
I can not drag either of the end points around into a vertical gradient.
What is going on here that I can't see?
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How can I create an abstract sea/wave effect in a free vector package?
I'm looking to create a vector (ideally) illustration with an abstract sea, much like this (not the dolphins or sun):
How can I go about this using free tools such as Inkscape?
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Inkscape radial gradient center color visibly different from specified stop color
I use Radial Gradient in Inkscape.
PROBLEM: Color at center of radiant is much darker than defined stop color, as shown by red arrow:
How comes?
How can I make the color at the center to be the one ...
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Get rid of step gradient
Using Flash CS4. The gradient is very "steppy", i.e. there are stripes.
How can this gradient be made continuous?
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How do you avoid bands of prominent color in gradients?
So this is more scientific visualization than graphic design, but I think the theory is the same. In colormaps used for visualizing data, there are often bands of color that stick out when they ...
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Gradient part of the image displays white doted a long the bending on email clients
I'm new to Photoshop and I'm building an HTML email template for the client with the PSD file provided.
This is the image part I cropped and what it displays in the normal browsers:
And below is ...
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Perspective/non-linear blends with a common centre
In illustrator, if you want to take a blend between two objects with a specified number of steps and give it a perspective-like effect - changing the curve of the blend from linear to non-linear so ...
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Is it really impossible to have gradient without banding?
I am struggling to create a gradient without banding. I have watched all the videos on YT and tried: Bluring all kinds, Noise, Dither,bit depth, Brush and doing the gradient in Illustrator.
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How can I edit the colors in an already-placed, custom gradient in Photoshop?
Here's a basic list of what I did to the document before I sat down at the computer tonight:
Customized a gradient
Applied the gradient to the image in the usual way (mouse stroke), in its own layer
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Gradient white lines in .eps file
I designed a vector in Adobe Illustrator CS6, but when saved as an .eps file, white vertical lines appear in my gradient.
What is happening? I've tried rasterizing the vector at 300 PPI with ...
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photoshop 24 bit image showing black pixels in 8 bit mode
I can across this problem after printscreening a website with a gradient background and initially was shocked to find that the background was showing those black pixels and thought something might be ...
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Why do I get color banding when using Color Dodge and a dark colored gradient?
I am experiencing significant color banding when I use the Color Dodge blend mode with a very dark colored gradient layer style. I have even tried enabling dithering on the gradient layer style, with ...
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Illustrator: How do I copy a gradient (including direction) from one object to another?
I know I can copy a gradient (minus direction) from one object to another, but how do I preserve the direction of the gradient? (I'm using Illustrator CS6)
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logo with color gradient how to do this?
I would like to do the below color gradiant:
Does anyone know how to approach this? I have searched but don't know the right way to name this effect.
I'd prefer making this effect in Adobe ...
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Inkscape; transfer gradient names between documents
For a webinterface i am designing icons in Inkscape. These icons all use the same colorsetting and gradient. Then, when designing the mockups i copy the the icons to a new document using copy + paste. ...
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Removing part of a stroke and adding a gradient to a stroke in Illustrator CS5
Here's what I have...
The top and bottom half are two separate objects each with their own gradient.
I would like to remove the curved horizontal line going across the shape, then I would like to ...
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Best way to create a shadow (depth) effect in Illustrator?
I'm working on a logo and trying to give the logo shape a 3D'ish depth effect. Here is what I currently have:
Regular size:
Larger size:
The way I'm currently achieving this effect is by creating ...
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Illustrator gradient fill makes jaggies between colors if angle is changed
I have a 4 color gradient fill angled at 40 degrees (maybe its not the best way to achieve what I want) and the lines where colors meet are having jaggies.
I have attached a screenshot of the ...
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How many colors should be used in a background gradient?
For on-screen design (web or desktop applications), in areas where there is significant background space visible, a subtle gradient adds a lot to the look of the app/page/image. How many colors (max) ...
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How to select colours that match each other?
Looking at the colours in this logo, it is clear that the colours match each other.
How is an orange and purple found that matches the same colour scheme?
I suppose the colour in the 'R' is yellow?
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How to draw a image transparent in photoshop?
This arrow is transparent image.
I want to draw an icon like this image (transparent) in Photoshop.
The idea behind this is I want to colour the icon by using gradient tool in my app.
It would ...
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How to create a small button image with embossed text like this?
I'm trying to create a shade/roll up button for a window manager theme I'm using. How do you create an image like the one pictured? I'm familiar with gimp but I'm not familiar with the techniques to ...
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Merging multiple paths in Illustrator CS6
I've got multiple paths which, together, create a single sprite in Illustrator. I'm trying to merge the paths in order to apply a gradient to the whole thing; however, Pathfinder does nothing, and ...
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Black to transparent gradient without banding
What I need:
A 3000px by 1340px PNG that vertically graduates from 100% opacity black to 0% opacity black.
My problem:
Banding occurs.
Example: http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/1648/demol.png
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Illustrator gradients along (not following) a shape/curve?
How could I add gradients along an object/path (not following the path, but using it as a base, like inner glow) ?
Sample:
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Gradient background
I bought a template and I want to change the background.
Now it is looks like this:
I have this background:
How can I make from this a gradient background like on original image?
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Layer mask not taking in gradient outlay
I have created a layer where I have drawn a straight line of thickness 2px, I need to apply a gradient overlay of a certain pattern but when i do it, the layer mask is not taking it and I see no ...
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Create rounded button with inset edge, gradient and inset text with Gimp
This is my first attempt at seriously using Gimp. I am more of a front end developer slash developer myself and I have only used Gimp or Photoshop for very basic stuff such as removing backgrounds, ...
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What colors look nice in gradients
I'm creating a gradient programmtically with HSB Colors.
My Question is what kind of colors do fit good together in a gradient. Which of the Values H(ue), S(aturation), B(rightness) needs to variate?
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Why is this gradient considered metallic chrome?
Why is the "white to brown & white to blue" gradient generally considered a shiny metal?
What is the reasoning/theory behind this? Why those colours? (If someone says chrome, you might first ...
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Cropping a JPEG in Photoshop CS2
I need to crop this .jpeg image:
in Photoshop CS2 to a vertical 1px image so I can repeatedly render it horizontally to create the full gradients that are dynamically sized.
Do you know how I could ...
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Trying to export PDF from Illustrator, but gradient (Black to Transparent) not printing Transparent
Using - Illustrator CS5
I have created an image which has a shadow behind it. This shadow is a shape with a gradient applied that is black to transparent.
I have saved this Adobe Illustrator file ...
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Copy gradient or style from photoshop to illustrator
I am new to illustrator, if this is too basic do provide links for me (tutorial).
I've made a shape, and I put styles on the layer, gradient, color overlay, opacity reduced, I know how to copy the ...
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“Replace” image (gradient) in image with alpha
Consider the following graphic:
Note that the first image's background is transparent, and that the blue background in the second and third images is a subtle gradient - not solid color.
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Gradient Banding in Chrome
I've been trying use linear-gradient CSS to avoid using an image for a gradient but unfortunately it renders poorly in Chrome with visible banding.
I've created a codepen example to illustrate the ...
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Recreating a Photoshop Gradient From a Bitmap Screenshot
What's the most accurate technique for re-creating a gradient in Photoshop from a bitmap image like a screenshot?
So far I've been using the dropper tool to pick out colors and manually set color ...
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Colour of gradient overlay changes when saving for web and devices in Photoshop CS4
I have an image with a linear gradient overlay (banner image on this page EDF Energy - Our Campaigns. I have set the RGB colour in CS4 to R: 29 G: 31 B: 79. However, when I save the file for web the ...
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Save for Web & Devices in Illustrator CS5 Causes Artifacts on Large Files
I am saving with these settings:
And ending up with weird transparent line artifacts:
The ai file does not have this, and the path has nothing near the place where the lines are showing:
From ...
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Gradient Brightness
I'm not particularly experienced in graphic design, so maybe there's an easy way to do this that I just haven't noticed, but...
I have a layered PNG image in Gimp. It's a complex shape (a photo of a ...
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cool gradient background for interactive applications [closed]
i'm a programmer and not a graphic designer and i'm doing interactive application with tools like actionscript 3, processing.org, openframeworks, etc
sometimes my sketched seems ugly, and a friend of ...
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Photoshop shape segment with gradient
How can I create a slice-like area within a shape in Photoshop and apply a gradient to it. Here is an example - the black area:
I've tried to create one light grey shape and one black shape on a ...
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how can I create this gradient in photoshop?
I want to create a radar like the one bellow,
where the gradient goes darker and darker clockwise.
in the left it is totally transparent, while in the right it goes to 60%.
I tried to add linear ...
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Finding the “base” color of a gradient . . .?
Somehow, I inherited this project that comes with a logo, the CEO already has business cards printed with that logo on it, and as far as I'm concerned, the colors and design are non-negotiable ...
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Dither and Gradients
In Photoshop you can add Dither to Gradients. I understand what dither is but when I apply dither to my gradient I can see no difference. What exactly does dither do?
