2
Click OK and use the procedure Using painting tools on
page 31.597.
Painting color gradients
You can paint a blend of colors with the Blend tool. By default, drag-
ging the Blend tool in an image paints a blend from the foreground
color to the background color.
The Blend tool is very useful for creating blends from black to white
in channels, to make selection masks that fade gradually from full
selection to no selection.
1
To configure the Blend tool, double-click the tool to open its
dialog box. For more information, see Blend options,
page 31.608.
2
Set the Mode and opacity in the Brushes palette; see Creating
paint objects with painting tools on page 31.588.
3
Put the image in edit mode, if necessary. Then, select the Blend
tool and drag to apply the blend, depending on the style selected:
For linear blends, drag in the direction of the blend. Shift-
drag to confine the blends direction to a 90- or 45-degree
angle. Canvas fills the remaining area (if any) with the fore-
ground color and background color.
For radial blends, drag from the center of the blend.
Blend tool
Linear blend
Radial blend
Tip
You can create and store cus-
tom brushes in the Brushes
palette (see Customizing
brushes for painting tools,
page 31.616).