Does anybody know of a way to use the gradient tool to color areas with curves. What I want to do is for the gradient to color following a path? Such as if u'r using the gradient to color a bent tube, or an object that follows a path, and try and get the gradient uniform through out the shape, instead of having just go one way.

I do not know how to do that with the gradient tool, but you can fake it with a drop shadow. Use the lasso to select the curve, copy/paste it to a new layer, then use a colored drop shadow

As far as I know there is no way of directing the gradient fills in the manner you want.Depending on what your trying to colour another way to duplicate it is by repeated passes of the airbrush,set to screen & using smaller brushes each time.It,s the technique they use to colour comic books & there some good tutorials on it at www.comiccolors.com.

If you have Freehand or Illustrator, both of those applications will do what you're looking for (I think Corel Draw will, too). After you've made the gradient you need, export the image back to PhotoShop. Kai's Power Tools 3 has a "Gradient Designer" module which will, supposedly, do gradients on a path, too (I've never used it for that, but the option for "gradient on a path" is in the MODE Menu of the Gradient Designer Module). 'Hope this helps you out.... -Jim Moore

Thanks alot guys, I'll give them all a try