Adobe ADBCD17648MC Manuale Utente

USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 8
Painting

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Choose Foreground from the Color pop-up menu to use the current foreground color.

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Choose Background from the Color pop-up menu to use the current background color.

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Choose User Color from the Color pop-up menu to always use the color you chose for the gradient, other than the 
current foreground or background.

To adjust the color stop location of a color, drag the stop left or right. 

To add a color to the gradient, click below the gradient bar to define another color stop.

To adjust the location of the transition midpoint between colors, drag the diamond below the gradient bar to the 
left or right.

To delete the color stop you are editing, click Delete.

To set the color transition’s smoothness, enter a percentage in the Smoothness text box, or drag the pop-up slider.

If desired, set transparency values for the gradient by dragging the Opacity stops.

To save the gradient in the gradient presets, enter a name for the new gradient, and then click New.

Click OK. The newly created gradient is selected and ready to use. 

Each gradient fill contains settings (opacity stops) that control the opacity of the fill at different locations in the 
gradient. The checkerboard pattern indicates the amount of transparency in the gradient preview. Gradients need at 
least two opacity stops.

Create a gradient.

To adjust the starting opacity in the Gradient Editor, click the left opacity stop above the gradient bar. The triangle 
below the stop turns black, indicating that you’re editing the starting transparency.

Set the Opacity by doing one of the following:

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Enter a value between 0 (fully transparent) and 100% (fully opaque).

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Drag the arrow on the Opacity pop-up slider.

To adjust the opacity of the endpoint, click the right transparency stop above the gradient bar. Then set the opacity 
as described in step 3. 

To adjust the location of the starting or ending opacity, do one of the following:

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Drag the corresponding opacity stop to the left or right.

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Select the corresponding opacity stop, and enter a value for Location. 

To adjust the location of the midpoint opacity (the point midway between the starting and ending opacities), do 
one of the following:

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Drag the diamond above the gradient bar to the left or right.

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Select the diamond, and enter a value for Location.

To delete the opacity stop you are editing, click Delete, or drag the stop away from the gradient bar.

To add an intermediate opacity, click above the gradient bar to define a new opacity stop. You can then adjust and 
move this opacity as you would a starting or ending opacity.