Gradient for bmp image?

[ronb107]

IDCS2 4.04 Windows XP

I am trying to impose a linear gradient on an image (bmp) with no success. Transparency works fine, but not the gradient.

This is my first day using ID, so I suspect there must be a way to do this.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Ron

 

[MarcusStringer]

Try changing the BMP into a greyscale Tif first

Marcus

http://www.midlandtypesetters.com.au

 

[Eggles]

I'd recommend changing the BMP (awful format) into a PSD, and creating the gradient in Photoshop before placing into ID. I find ID fine for applying gradients to simple shapes drawn within ID itself, but I don't think I would do gradients on an image in ID. But if it's greyscale it will work OK in ID, but I would also use the PSD format for this as well.

 

[MarcusStringer]

Yeah...
Eggles is also correct...

I'm still old school, I always forget I can use PSD files

Marcus

http://www.midlandtypesetters.com.au

 

[apepp]

...you can get some interesting effects by placing your image, using the black arrow (select tool) to the image, apply a gradient of choice to the image frame, then switch to the white arrow (direct select) to get the image, using the transparency modes to the actual image to allow the gradient to show...

...as Marus and Eggles suggest, it is worth changing to another format other than BMP...

Andrew

 

[Eggles]

appepp - gotta try that!

 

[ronb107]

Thanks for all your help. I have followed Apepp's suggestion.

Also, change to JPEG format on the image.

Again, thanks for the quick response.

Ron

 

[apepp]

...to add the opposite to the above is also true, placing a gradient filled object above an image and applying transparency to the gradient instead...

Andrew