Adobe Photoshop CS6 Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks by Lynette Kent

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The Gradient Fill dialog
box appears.
6 Click in the gradient bar
to open the Gradient
Editor.
The Gradient Editor
appears.
7 Click a different preset.
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8 Click OK to close the
Gradient Editor dialog
box.
9 Click OK to close the
Gradient Fill dialog box.
The gradient is applied as a
separate adjustment layer
covering the image.
0 Click the blend mode drop-down
menu and select Darker Color to
make the gradient cover only the
non-black areas in the image.
! Click and drag the Opacity slider
to reduce the effect.
10
The gradient layer blends with
the high-contrast of the image.
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TIPS
More Options!
You can create your own
custom gradient in the
Gradient Editor. Doubleclick
in each of the lower
color stops under the
gradient to open the Color
Picker and select a new
color.
Try It!
Instead of selecting Darker
Color (step 10), click the
blend mode drop-down menu
in the Layers panel and select
Lighter Color. The image
changes, applying the gradient
blend to the previously black
areas in the image.
Did You Know?
The Darker Color mode displays only the
lowest color value from both the blend and
base layer; conversely, Lighter Color shows
only the highest value color. For example,
with the gradient layer in Lighter Color blend
mode, only the lightest color value in the
image layer below — white in this case —
appears through the gradient layer.
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