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USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9 Painting 240 Add a custom pattern to the pattern picker 1 Do one of the following: • To create a pattern from part of the image, make a rectangular selection with Feather set to 0 pixels. • To create a pattern from the entire image, deselect everything. 2 Choose Edit > Define Pattern From Selection. 3 Enter a name for the pattern in the Pattern Name dialog box. 4 To deselect the original selection, choose Select > Deselect. More Help topics “About selections” on page 89 Use a preset pattern from the PostScript Patterns folder Each preset file in the PostScript Patterns folder contains a single pattern in the Adobe Illustrator format. You can scale these patterns at any resolution. 1 Choose File > Open. 2 Navigate to Photoshop Elements 9.0/Presets/Patterns/PostScript Patterns. 3 Select the pattern file you want to use, and click Open. 4 When the Rasterize Generic EPS Format dialog opens, click OK to proceed. 5 Choose Select > All, or make a rectangular selection around the pattern with Feather set to 0 pixels in the options bar. 6 Choose Edit > Define Pattern From Selection. The pattern is defined as an Adobe Photoshop Elements pattern. 7 Enter a name for the pattern in the Pattern Name dialog box, and click OK. More Help topics “Use the Preset Manager” on page 246 Gradients About gradients You fill an area with a gradient by dragging within the image or by selecting with the Gradient tool. The distance between the starting point (where you first press the mouse button) and ending point (where you release the mouse button) affects the gradient appearance, as does the gradient type. Last updated 1/27/2011
USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9 Painting 241 Using the Gradient tool and Gradient Editor, you can create a custom mix of colors in your photos. You can choose any of the following gradient types in the options bar. Linear gradient Shades from the starting point to the ending point in a straight line. Radial gradient Shades from the starting point to the ending point in a circular pattern. Angle gradient Shades in a counterclockwise sweep around the starting point. Reflected gradient Shades using symmetric linear gradients on either side of the starting point. Diamond gradient Shades from the starting point outward in a diamond pattern. The ending point defines one corner of the diamond. You can also use a Fill Layer to apply a gradient to your image. The fill layer gives you the added flexibility of changing the gradient properties and editing the fill layer’s mask to limit the gradient to a portion of your image. Gradients are stored in libraries. You can choose a different library of gradients to display in the Gradient Picker menu by clicking the small triangle in the menu and selecting a library at the bottom of the list. You can also save and load your own libraries of gradients in this menu. You can also manage gradients by using the Preset Manager. More Help topics “Create fill layers” on page 73 Apply a gradient 1 To fill part of the image, select the area with one of the selection tools. Otherwise, the gradient fill is applied to the entire active layer. 2 Select the Gradient tool . 3 In the options bar, click the desired gradient type. 4 Choose a gradient fill from the Gradient Picker panel in the options bar. 5 (Optional) Set gradient options in the options bar. Mode Specifies how the gradient blends with the existing pixels in the image. Last updated 1/27/2011
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