Billi opened this issue on Jul 03, 2003 ยท 5 posts
Billi posted Thu, 03 July 2003 at 9:33 AM
In PS7 is there a way to gradient fill shapes? For example, how would one gradient fill a 5-pointed star? Do you have to use a different sort of filter, being limited to the five gradient shapes? ~billi
Hoofdcommissaris posted Thu, 03 July 2003 at 9:56 AM
There is a layer effect that puts a gradient on whatever is not transparant. Otherwise you can throw gradients in your five pointed star with the box 'preserve transparancy' ticked. The layer effect is editable, so that is a good reason to use it. If you want to fill your five pointed star with the blood of a lamb and put candles on the points while chanting backwards 'spirit of the dark side come upon me!' and hope for something to happen, you have watched too many movies.
antevark posted Fri, 04 July 2003 at 1:22 AM
I asked this quite a long time ago, it turns out that PS currently can't do this. Illustrator has the "multi-point gradient" you're looking for. A geometric shape like a start shouldn't be any problem, though. Try making a different gradient for every angle, then play with different layer blending styles.
Hoofdcommissaris posted Fri, 04 July 2003 at 2:27 AM
Ah. Multi-colored gradients. I do them like antevark and combine it with handmade airbush blobs (large brush size) and blurring them big time.
Billi posted Fri, 04 July 2003 at 10:13 AM
I knew it could be done by playing with layers, I just wanted to make sure there wasn't something I was missing. Thanks for the tips though. :)