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 blend’s 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).
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