Hello everyone, my name is Rishi Panchal and welcome to a tutorial for how to use the gradient tool in Adobe Photoshop
If you want to create a smooth transition from a color to another in Photoshop, the gradient tool is the easiest way to achieve it
The gradient tool allows you to create a gradual changes of color and light across an image with power and precision
You can use a different type of gradient to blend with or overlay other images to create a stunning backdrops for local
logo designs poster art stylized photos and much more so friends you can get a gradient
tool in toolbar over here okay you can see a gradient tool by pressing a keyboard
shortcut G you can activate this tool okay if you're pressing the G for example I'm
in a move tool if I'm pressing this G then automatically the gradient is selected now if
you want to select this other tool inside this gradient then what you can use you
can use sift plus g as you can see it will be changing fine so i'm just selecting a gradient tool so
friends as you can see the first is a gradient editor here you can see a gradient editor where you can
see a different different presets okay you can create your own presets you can change a gradient
type smoothness and much more okay first of all i'm show you the presets here is the
basics preset black and white preset you can see a different different blue and
and different types of colors. I'm just make it a bigger so that you can see all the gradient
Okay, this is a purple gradient, pink gradients, red gradient, orange gradient, and the green gradient
Okay, so according to a requirement, you can use this by default gradient, okay
This is given by the Photoshop. Now in our image, as you can see
there is a green color as well as the sky color, okay, which is a little bit of different color
So accordingly, I have, I'm just selecting this a grid gradient where I want this green 18 okay so I'm just
selecting this gradient now you can also change the gradient name you can use a type
as well as smoothness okay I need a good smoothness because my image is
accordingly fine I'm just pressing the okay now once you drag and drop over here as
you can see it will be look something like this now friends rather than adding a
gradient directly to the active layer create a new layer to work with the gradient by
adding the gradient as a new layer in Photoshop you have a whole realm of
flexibility to edit it more creatively so friends I'm just creating a new layer
okay now here you can do anything if you if you want to delete this layer you can
do it simply so your original image is not affected okay so I'm just
selecting this layer now I'm also changing the opacity to 40% okay
Okay, now our color will be this color, this color. So this is a starting point
This is the ending point. Okay, so I'm just drag it from here to here
See, the result. Now, you can also play with these options. Okay, here you can see a different, different mode
See, I'm just doing a color bun. Now see the effect. This is our original image and this is our image with using a gradient tool in Adobe Photoshop
So friends like this you can use gradient tool to make a more creative photos, logos and much more
Now friends in option bar as you can see the types of gradient there are total five types of gradient in Adobe Photoshop
First is a linear gradient, second is a radial gradient, third is an angle gradient, fourth is a reflected gradient and fifth is a diamond gradient
Now we are going to start with a linear gradient, okay? So for that I'm just deleting this new gradient
layer okay I'm just selecting this linear gradient so creating a plane linear
gradient is the most common use of this tool over the generation of Photoshop
more options have been added to apply any gradient your image with a gradient tool selected simply click and drag your mouse Your linear option is the default To change this click one of the option icon beside the gradient panel in the secondary top menu
So from here you can change a different type of gradient. So friend, by default, the linear gradient is selected, which we already seen the example
Okay? This is our example of the linear gradient. Fine. So friend, here is a tip for the linear gradient
gradient holding down the shift key as you drag the restrain the movement to the straight
line this will follow the direction you start dragging for example I'm just
dragging here but as you see I can't drag the straight now to drag the straight
just stress shift while you dragging so it will be give up straight line so friends
like this you can use a linear gradient to make a creative images now friends
next is a radial gradient you can see in the option The second is a radial gradient
Now when you click and drag with the radial gradient tool option selected, the gradient will shade from where you click to the edge in a circular shape
For example, I click the center of the image and drag to the image
For example, I am just drag from here. So as you can see, this color will start from this color to this color. Okay
Now, Frames, if you want to add a third color, just press control and control. and click any of this line okay I'm just click over here and as you can see new color is done
just change the color to red okay I'm adding one more color here fine and make this color
to green I'm adding one more color to here and make this color to this okay just
make the different color so that you can identify the radial gradient fine
So done, now I'm just what I'm doing just drag from middle to here
Now see the all color which I'm selected in our gradient editor the color will be here
Okay, so now we are working with opacity and blending mode to make this image more creative
So what we can do we are just creating a new layer. Okay, now according to our image we are going to select a
preset so I'm going to select a green preset as our image have the green color in here
for example I'm selecting this color okay where I want a green on our starting because our
background is a green just search select here or you can also use a color picker to select this
now middle we are going to add one more color where we want a skin tone so just select in
the skin tone color and the last again will be the green just press okay and make the
opacity to 40% fine just drag from here to here now I'm just playing with a
blending modes see the different different style okay okay
See the different. So like this you can use a radial gradient to make image more creative
Now friends next is an angle gradient. Just click on the angle gradient in the option bar
Now this gradient is a little challenging to use well. As you click and drag your mouse over an image, the gradient shared in a clockwise direction
I click and drag from the center of the canvas. canvas okay like this to part away to the right as you can see where the starting and
ending color ends there is a prominent hard line created like this here for example
if I creating a center to here see this hard line okay so friends now using this gradient we are going to create something in this image
So first of all creating a new layer now I'm creating a new gradient for example I'm creating a new gradient
For example I'm creating this one okay just decrease this to 30
drag from here to here fine and just work with a blending option okay just make the
subtract see the result okay so using this tool you can just need to work with a
different different option okay you can work with opacity blending mode okay
different different options to make your image more creative so this is our third gradient which is a angle gradient okay so friends
next is a reflected gradient just click okay so when you click and drag with
the reflected gradient selected you create a new gradient that is a symmetrical from
the starting point okay see just play with the opacity and make it a
20% okay for that first of all I'm creating a new layer using this tool and work with a different
different blending option okay so this is a fourth option which is an
reflected gradient fine now friend next I'm just deleting this okay so friends
next we're going to learn a diamond gradient so just select this diamond
gradient now I'm just selecting this image okay creating a new layer over here now once
you drag and drop with a diamond gradient as you can see it will be work like a
diamond okay if I'm dragging a small then you can see a small diamond over here
where our first color will be here and next color in spread out over the rest of
this area fine now with the gradient we are going to do something so first of all I am creating our own custom gradient where I'm
just going to create a new okay here you can change your name for example I'm
just creating a new with the name of Rushi fine select this color which is
this skin tone color next color I'm going to add with these
green color and the last not be red but a different color fine and just making it new so as you can see
this is a custom and this a gradient we created just press okay now you need to work with the
opacity i'm just making it 30% just drag from the center of the image to here so that
the result will be here just work with the the blending mode so you can get a more result okay see so like this I'm just
using this a linear light fine so as you can see using this diamond gradient
tool so friends you can use many things using the gradient tool so friends the
gradient tool in Photoshop can change how a picture looks by a blending color
smoothly to get a good at using it you need to practice and try a different things with colors
and transparency eventually you know when to use a gradient's to make photo look better so
friend this all about a gradient tool in adobe Photoshop okay there are different different option over here we already learn a mode We learn about opacity These are simple simple like a reverse Okay Now what this reverse will done For example
I'm just selecting this is a basic gradient, okay, from black to white. Okay. And I make it to 100%. For example, if I'm just
drag from here to here, then it will become from the black to white. It's fine because that's what we are selected
But if I am click on this reverse, then it comes from white to black
See, because it's reverse our gradient. You can also see the changes on this option bar while I am just switch from reverse to non-reverse
Okay, guys. So friends, that's all about a gradient tool in Adobe Photoshop
Now, next we are going to learn how we can use this gradient on a text
Okay. so for that I'm just selecting one image for example these just adding a text from here
okay where I'm writing nature just increase the size of this text
fine make the color to white okay okay So friend this is our text now we are using a gradient in this text so for that first of all you need to double click on this to enable the blending option
okay here you can see a layer style otherwise you can just right click on this text and here you can see a blending option just click here
I'm just making our text little bit of sides so you can you can see a blending option as well as the change is done in our text
Okay, so you can see both this now in this layer style blending option you can see these a black gradient overglay
Just click here and as you can see the default gradient will apply on our text from here you can see a different different
This one we created for ourselves you can also use this See different different gradient over here
For example I am using this gradient just select this gradient and press okay now you can also change the style of this gradient
from here which we already learned which is a linear radial angle reflected and diamond
if i'm just using this linear you can also change the angle from here okay from here you
can see change the blending option see the different different blending options are here
make it a linear burn you can scaling and scale out okay and you can hear from
change the opacity you can also use the same option which we already run
reverse from here so friends like these you can apply a different different
gradient to your text see
because we have a green background I'm just selecting a green one okay make the
scale part to these make it a little bit of changing the angle okay so friends
like these you can use a text blending in your Adobe Photoshop so friends that's all
about a gradient tool in Adobe Photoshop okay if you like this video then don't
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