How Do You Create A Gradient Background In Photoshop?
Photoshop makes gradients fun. Gradients are graduated color fields that initiate at one chroma and luminance setting and end at another. A gradient can be linear, circular or complex. It might have multiple start and end parameters. Select a preset gradient from many choices, or customize one using the “Gradient Options” tool bar. Use your gradient as a background for a portrait or for a title page. Use back and white gradients to create mattes and masks. Color-correct photographs using gradient masks to achieve subtle tonal nuance. Open your Photoshop software. Load in your background digital image. Click on the “Layers” menu and select “New Layer” from the pull-down menu. A second layer appears in the “Layers” control window. Click on the “Gradient” icon in the “Tools” window. The “Gradient” icon is a rectangle with a white-to-black smooth transition displayed inside it. Notice the new horizontal “Gradient Options” bar, and the rectangular “Gradient Preview” box that appears in that
