Photoshop 6 for Windows Bible- P10:If you are reading this foreword, it probably means that you’ve purchased a copy of Adobe Photoshop , and for that I and the rest of the Photoshop team at Adobe thank you. If you own a previous edition of the Photoshop Bible, you probably know what to expect. If not, then get ready for an interesting trip. | Chapter 6 4 Filling and Stroking 237 4- Gradient preview The selected gradient appears in the gradient preview labeled in Figure 6-9. Click the preview to open the Gradient Editor dialog box discussed in the upcoming section Creating custom gradations. Gradient preview Click to display palette Gradient style icons Figure 6-9 The Options bar gives you quick access to all the gradient tool options. 4 Gradient drop-down palette Click the triangle adjacent to the preview to display the Gradient palette which contains icons representing gradients in the current gradient presets. Click the icon for the gradient you want. Note In the default gradient preset the first two gradations are dependent on the - current foreground and background colors. The others contain specific colors bearing no relationship to the colors in the toolbox. You load gradient presets using the same techniques that I describe in detail in the brush preset discussion in Chapter 5. Here s a brief recap Click the triangle near the top of the drop-down palette to display the palette menu. The Photoshop collection of presets and any presets that you define appear at the bottom of the palette menu. Click a preset name to use the preset instead of the current preset or append the new preset to the current one. To append a preset from disk such as when a coworker gives you a preset file choose Load Gradients from the palette menu or click Load in the Preset Manager dialog box. If you want to replace the current preset instead choose Replace Gradients from the palette menu or click Replace in the dialog box. To return to the default gradients choose Reset Gradients from the palette menu either from the Options bar palette or the one in the Preset Manager dialog box. 238 Part II 4 Painting and Retouching Tip You can edit a gradient and perform the aforementioned preset juggling acts . . from within the Gradient Editor dialog box too. The upcoming section Creating custom gradations covers this dialog box. 4-
