Where is gradient editor in PSP X?
Where is gradient editor in PSP X?
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Thank heavens for Tek-Tips. Corel no longer support version X, though you have to spend 30 minutes typing stuff into boxes before they tell you that. I wasn't aware that Tek Tips had a PSP Forum, but thanks to Google I do now, and can ask my simple questions of people who are actually prepared to be helpful, as I know from other Tek-Tips forums.
OK, I've used PSP since it was on Windows 3, but only for photo editing - must be 50,000+ of them now. I stopped upgrading when the upgrades Corel encouraged me to try didn't work and screwed up my working installation when removed. Suddenly I now find I need to produce a graphic for my website, a simple vertical narrow bar starting with a dark colour at the top and fading to a light colour at the bottom. The Help tells me, in the briefest of terms, what to do, using the gradient editor, click New and so on. I suspect it is not so simple. But before I can start, please just where do I find the elusive gradient editor? I've found all sorts of previously undiscovered things, but nothing with a "New".
Told you the question was simple! I have no (serious) complaints about PSP's performance as a photo editor but I'd best keep the words that come to mind about the Help to myself.
Thanks in advance
Michael Hooker
OK, I've used PSP since it was on Windows 3, but only for photo editing - must be 50,000+ of them now. I stopped upgrading when the upgrades Corel encouraged me to try didn't work and screwed up my working installation when removed. Suddenly I now find I need to produce a graphic for my website, a simple vertical narrow bar starting with a dark colour at the top and fading to a light colour at the bottom. The Help tells me, in the briefest of terms, what to do, using the gradient editor, click New and so on. I suspect it is not so simple. But before I can start, please just where do I find the elusive gradient editor? I've found all sorts of previously undiscovered things, but nothing with a "New".
Told you the question was simple! I have no (serious) complaints about PSP's performance as a photo editor but I'd best keep the words that come to mind about the Help to myself.
Thanks in advance
Michael Hooker
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RE: Where is gradient editor in PSP X?
Materials palette - gradient tab.
Click the foreground or background colour displays - the bigger ones with the little icons below. This brings up the Material Properties box.
Click the centre tab: "Gradient". The button marked "Edit" under the box that shows the current gradient takes you to the Editor. And yes, it does have a "New" button.
If you look in the Help under "To choose a gradient" rather than "To create a gradient" (which is what I thought I needed to do) it is explained under "You can also..." how to find and use the editor to edit a pre-existing gradient. I wasn't aware I had any gradients to edit, until now :)
Michael Hooker