To add a new layer, click the plus sign in the layering toolbox. Step 5: Add a new layer & select your next colour This is only done in the background layer of the image. Now, just click anywhere on the canvas so everything turns the colour of your primary colour. Again, if this is not present on the left side of your screen, go to Window and click on 'Tools', to make it appear. Select the paint can from the toolbox(keyboard shortcut=f). Click Less to make the colour toolbar smaller again. Your secondary colour is now transparent. Slide the little triangle all the way to 0, or just type 0 in the box beside it. Then click More to widen the colour toolbar.Īt the very bottom of the colour toolbar there is an option to set transparency. The dropdown menu that said "Primay" will now say "Secondary". To set the secondary colour, simply click on the secondary colour box, which should be white. It allows layers below the current one to be seen. Now, because a multi-colour gradient is being made, the secondary colour needs to be transparent. The colour for the primary colour can be chosen by simply clicking on a colour, either in the colour wheel, or below in the boxes of the colour toolbar. Since both colours will be used, they both have to be changed from the black and white, to whatever colour desired. The secondary colour is only used with tools that require two colours, such as gradient.
The primary colour is the main colour that will be used if you use tools such as paint can, paint brush, gradient and text. The basic colours should be black and white by default, which can be seen in the two squares above.
If it is not in the bottom left corner of your screen, then you can go to Window in the main toolbar and click on 'Colors' to make it appear. For this tutorial you probably want an image about 800圆00 or bigger. Click File-New and set the height and width. It may look different from later versions, but the tools are the same.
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This tutorial shows how to make gradients with as many colours as you would like.įor this tutorial version 3.5.1 of was used. However, in onlt two-coloured gradients can normally be made. In some graphic programs there are often gradients with 5-6 colours that can be automatically selected. This tutorial will instruct you on how to make multi-coloured gradients.
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