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For this tutorial you will need: Adobe Photoshop - available for purchase here or Adobe Photoshop Elements - available for purchase here This tutorial will work in both of these programs. If you are looking for more sites offering free Photoshop gradients, check my Great Beginnings page. Some abbreviations I used: PS is Photoshop, and PSE is Photoshop Elements. The instructions are for PSE, and the PS instructions, if different than PSE, are in brackets. |
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Let's get started! |
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Create new layer by picking that icon in the layer palette (just below where is says normal, on the far left) (A layer is created automatically when you type text, you will need to do it manually if you're drawing) |
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3. Create text or
drawing or whatever you want to color with the gradient I squiggled with the paintbrush and typed text in the second one   |
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4. With that layer selected, click on the next little icon
right next to the "new layer" one, in the Layer Palette (called Adjustment Layer). A drop down menu will appear. Click on Gradient (or pattern if you are applying a pattern). (In Photoshop go to Layer>New Fill Layer>Gradient and the New Fill Layer window will appear, leave at default and click ok)   |
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5. In the next
window, pick your gradient and type (linear, etc,) and angle,
scale, keep align with layer checked, click ok If you are picking a pattern, pick your pattern and make sure that Link with Layer is checked. Click ok.   Don't worry, the gradient or pattern filled the whole canvas but we'll fix that. |
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5. With the
adjustment layer still selected, go to Layer>Group with previous
(In Photoshop, while that gradient layer is still selected, go to Layer>Create Clipping Mask). Voila! Your text or drawing now has a gradient!    Merge all and save. |
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If you want to learn
how to make this tile, click
here. It will open in a new page.  |
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If
you have any questions or suggestions, click on the email button
below to contact me. |
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