Filling And Stroking Selections And Layers - Adobe PHOTOSHOP 5.0 User Manual

5 For Opacity, enter a value.
In the gradient bar, white represents an opacity of
0%, black an opacity of 100%, and gray an opacity
between 0 and 100%. The bar at the bottom of the
Gradient Editor dialog box lets you preview the
effects of the mask on the gradient fill.
To adjust the opacity of the endpoint, click the
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right transparency stop under the transparency
gradient bar. Then set the opacity as explained in
the previous step.
To adjust the location of the starting or ending
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opacity, do one of the following:
Drag the corresponding transparency stop to the
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left or right.
Select the corresponding transparency stop, and
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enter a value for Location.
To adjust the location of the midpoint opacity
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(the point midway between the starting and
ending opacities), do one of the following:
Drag the diamond above the transparency
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gradient bar to the left or right.
Select the diamond and enter a value for
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Location.
9 To add an intermediate opacity to the mask,
click under the transparency gradient bar to define
a new transparency stop. You can then adjust and
move this opacity as you would for a starting or
ending opacity. To remove an intermediate
opacity, drag its transparency stop down and off
the gradient bar.
Click OK.
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Loading, saving, and deleting gradients
By saving and loading sets of gradients, you can
customize the gradient list that appears in the
Gradient Tool Options palette and the Gradient
Editor dialog box.
To customize the gradient list:
Do one of the following:
To delete a gradient, select the gradient in the
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Gradient Editor dialog box, and click Remove.
To append gradients that have been stored in a
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file to the current list, click Load in the Gradient
Editor dialog box.
To save gradients in a separate file for later use,
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select the desired gradients in the Gradient Editor
dialog box (Shift-click to select multiple
gradients). Then click Save.
To return to the default gradient list, choose
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Reset Tool from the menu on the Gradient Tool
Options palette. You can either replace the
current list or append the default gradients to the
current list.
Filling and stroking selections
and layers
Photoshop provides a variety of ways to fill a
selection or a layer with colors, images, or
patterns. You can also paint a border around a
selection or a layer using the Stroke command.
To increase the contrast between your image and
the surrounding work canvas, you can fill the
canvas with a specified color.
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