Computer Graphics with Photoshop - How to apply Gradient on curved selection?

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How to apply Gradient on curved selection?

asnowfall@gmail.com

2006-07-10, 6:18 pm

For some reason following does not work for me...pls let me know which
key I need press..:-)

1) I make selection using Lasso tool. Selected edge is curved and is in
the middle of the frame..

2) Drag the Gradient tool. Gradient gets applied not just to the
selected area which was in the center of the frame but to the area
adjacent to the selected area, starting from right-edge of the frame to
to left- edge.

How can I restrict the gradient to affect only the selected area?

Thanks
Ramesh

edjh

2006-07-10, 6:18 pm

asnowfall@XXXXXXXXXX wrote:
> For some reason following does not work for me...pls let me know which
> key I need press..:-)
>
> 1) I make selection using Lasso tool. Selected edge is curved and is in
> the middle of the frame..
>
> 2) Drag the Gradient tool. Gradient gets applied not just to the
> selected area which was in the center of the frame but to the area
> adjacent to the selected area, starting from right-edge of the frame to
> to left- edge.
>
> How can I restrict the gradient to affect only the selected area?
>
> Thanks
> Ramesh
>

Are you sure you have an active selection (marching ants)? Gradient
should only fill that area.

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KatWoman

2006-07-10, 6:18 pm

"edjh" <edjhann@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:4499b839$0$12730$4d3efbfe@news.sover.net...
> asnowfall@XXXXXXXXXX wrote:

are you dragging on the mask? instead of the image?[color=darkred]
>
> Are you sure you have an active selection (marching ants)? Gradient should
> only fill that area.
>
> --
> Comic book sketches and artwork:
> http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/edjh.html
> Comics art for sale:
> http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/batsale.html

Hunt

2006-07-10, 6:18 pm

In article <1150910514.558058.255590@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>,
asnowfall@XXXXXXXXXX says...
>
>For some reason following does not work for me...pls let me know which
>key I need press..:-)
>
>1) I make selection using Lasso tool. Selected edge is curved and is in
>the middle of the frame..
>
>2) Drag the Gradient tool. Gradient gets applied not just to the
>selected area which was in the center of the frame but to the area
>adjacent to the selected area, starting from right-edge of the frame to
>to left- edge.
>
>How can I restrict the gradient to affect only the selected area?
>
>Thanks
>Ramesh

Ramesh,

Check the Feather on your Lasso Tool (Options Bar). It sounds like you have a
good bit of Feather. The "marching ants" are only the average perimeter when
your Selection is Feathered.

Hunt

asnowfall@gmail.com

2006-07-10, 6:18 pm

I am doing on mask not on the image, I guess I have the marching ants
too.

Thanks for your responses, I will post the screen shots tomarrow and
that should help you to understand my problem or stupidity :-)

bye
Ramesh

Hunt wrote:
> In article <1150910514.558058.255590@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>,
> asnowfall@XXXXXXXXXX says...
>
> Ramesh,
>
> Check the Feather on your Lasso Tool (Options Bar). It sounds like you have a
> good bit of Feather. The "marching ants" are only the average perimeter when
> your Selection is Feathered.
>
> Hunt

Hebee Jeebes

2006-07-10, 6:18 pm

Photoshop doesn't have the ability to curve a gradient around anything
including a selection. Kai's Power Tools 3 used to be able to do this, but
these plug-ins haven't been updated and I don't know if you can A) find
them. B) get them to work.

R

asnowfall@gmail.com

2006-07-10, 6:18 pm

I was not getting the 'marching ants' at the time of application of
gradient tool. So it was not working for me.

I used to follow these steps and it used to fail...
1) Select the an area.
2) Click on 2nd icon in Layers pallete to create a layer mask.
3) Select the mask and apply the gradient tool. At this stage there
would not be any ants. So gradient gets applied to full width of the
image.

Now I do the following, and it works
1) Select the an area.
2) Click on 2nd icon in Layers pallete to create a layer mask.
3) Go to channel pallete and click on the first icon to make the
channel a selection.
This would bring marching ants.
4) Select the mask and apply the gradient tool.
Now gradient gets applied only to the selected area.

Regards,
Ramesh

I tried appliying gradient on a curved selection, it worked.
edjh wrote:
> asnowfall@XXXXXXXXXX wrote:
>
> Are you sure you have an active selection (marching ants)? Gradient
> should only fill that area.
>
> --
> Comic book sketches and artwork:
> http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/edjh.html
> Comics art for sale:
> http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/batsale.html

Johan W. Elzenga

2006-07-10, 6:18 pm

<asnowfall@XXXXXXXXXX> wrote:

> I was not getting the 'marching ants' at the time of application of
> gradient tool. So it was not working for me.
>
> I used to follow these steps and it used to fail...
> 1) Select the an area.
> 2) Click on 2nd icon in Layers pallete to create a layer mask.
> 3) Select the mask and apply the gradient tool. At this stage there
> would not be any ants. So gradient gets applied to full width of the
> image.
>
>
> Now I do the following, and it works
> 1) Select the an area.
> 2) Click on 2nd icon in Layers pallete to create a layer mask.
> 3) Go to channel pallete and click on the first icon to make the
> channel a selection.
> This would bring marching ants.
> 4) Select the mask and apply the gradient tool.
> Now gradient gets applied only to the selected area.

If you first select an area, and then click the 'Add Mask' icon, you'll
get a mask based on that selection (and then everything gets
deselected). If you want to apply a gradient to the selection (in that
mask), you should simply change the order. First add the mask, then make
the selection.

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Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl