ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9

USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9
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To remove an intermediate opacity, drag its transparency stop up and off the gradient bar, or select the stop and click
the Delete button.
9 To save the gradient to the gradient presets, enter a new name in the Name text box, and then click New. This
creates a new gradient preset with the transparency setting you specified.
10 Click OK to exit the dialog box and select the newly created gradient. Make sure that Transparency is selected in
the options bar.
Create a noise gradient
A noise gradient is a gradient that contains randomly distributed colors within a range of colors that you specify.
A
B
Noise gradients with different noise values.
A. 10% noise B. 50% noise C. 90% noise
C
1 In the Edit workspace, select the Gradient tool .
2 To display the Gradient Editor dialog box, click the Edit button in the options bar.
3 Choose Noise from the Gradient Type menu.
4 Set options for the gradient.
Roughness Sets the amount of softness in the transition between colors in the pattern.
Color Model Specifies the color model to use to set the color range to include in the gradient. To define the range of
colors, drag the sliders for each color component.
Restrict Colors Prevents oversaturated colors.
Add Transparency Adds transparency to random colors.
5 To randomly mix the colors, click the Randomize button until you find a gradient you like.
6 Enter a name for the new gradient.
7 To add your gradient preset, click New.
8 Click OK to exit the dialog box, and then select the newly created gradient.
Presets and libraries
About presets
In the Full Edit workspace, pop-up panels appear in the options bar and provide access to predefined libraries of
brushes, color swatches, gradients, patterns, layer styles, and custom shapes. The items in each library are called presets.
When closed, pop-up panels display a thumbnail image of the currently selected preset.
Last updated 1/27/2011