Easy way to achieve smooth Gradient effect
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Mike Tayler
By Mike Tayler
Published on 03/20/2007
Easy way to achieve smooth Gradient effect in Photoshop.
Easy way to achieve smooth Gradient effect
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 Set foreground color to red and background color to white. |
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 Select Gradient Tool ( ) and apply to the layer you have just created. Hold Shift and apply from right to left. |
Open any image. |
 Make a copy of the background image by dragging it to new layer icon ( ). Position it on top as shown to the left. |
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 And finally set the Opacity of the layer to 50%. (You can do this effect by setting the blending mode to Overlay too, see which one suits you) |
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And finally here is your easy smoothly applied Gradient effect.