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Retouching
Images with Transparent Tints and Gradients
How to Create Special Image Effects...
1. Open the image (see page 20-6).
2. Create or select a cut-out mask defining the image section to be filled
with color (see page 21-1 and 22-5).
3. Press F10 or select IMAGE | RETOUCH.
4. In the MENU window, select TINT, GRADIENT or CIRCular GRADient.
5. Do one of the following:
• When creating tints (see page 10-1), select a color without closing
the COLOR SELECTION dialog. To do so, drag a color from a
palette box to the selection field. Do not click on the palette box!
• When creating gradient (see page 10-2), define all colors or at
least the first.
6. Select TRANSPARENCY in the MENU window. The TRANSPARENCY,
TRAPPING, SOFT EDGES dialog appears (see page 17-2).
7. Use the first four dialog tabs from the left to set the tint or gradient to
transparent (see page 17-1).
To add the background to the inserted color, click LOAD and select the
setting COMPLETE/TRANSPARENT. This has the same effect as selecting
the MATRIX tab and setting the matrix values as follows:
8. To create soft edges, click the SOFT EDGES tab, select e.g. VERY SOFT
and define the soft edge area and position (see page 17-9).
9. Select OK to close the TRANSPARENCY, TRAPPING... dialog.
10.If required, correct the gradient or define additional base points.
For example, SHIFT-CTRL-click (Mac OS) or SHIFT-right-click (Windows)
to select the previous point, then click to change the color.
11.Press RETURN/ENTER or click to end the gradient function. Or select
OK to close the COLOR SELECTION dialog.
12.You can now erase parts of the gradient or tint you have inserted. See
also Using Current Brush Border When Erasing (page 23-9).
13.You can place additional tints and gradients on the modified mask using
function GRADIENT or CIRCular GRADient. The transparency and
soft edge settings used before are applied automatically.
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