Adobe PHOTOSHOP 5.0 User Manual page 218

210 CHAPTER 9
Painting
To add intermediate colors to a gradient:
In the Gradient Editor dialog box, click below the
gradient bar to define another color stop. Specify
the color and adjust the location and midpoint for
the intermediate point as you would for a starting
or ending point. To remove an intermediate color,
drag the color stop down and off the gradient bar.
Adding a color
Deleting a color
Editing the gradient transparency
Each gradient fill contains a transparency mask
that controls the opacity of the fill at different
locations on the gradient. For example, you can set
the starting color to 100% opacity and have the fill
gradually blend into an ending color with 50%
opacity. By default, the transparency mask is set to
100%. Turn off the mask by deselecting Trans-
parency in the Gradient Options palette.
To edit the gradient transparency mask:
1 Double-click a gradient tool to display its
Options palette, and click Edit.
Select the gradient whose transparency mask
2
you want to edit.
For Adjust, select Transparency.
3
To adjust the starting opacity, click the
4
left transparency stop under the transparency
gradient bar.