How To Use The Gradient Tool In Photoshop

There are many different ways to use the gradient tool in Photoshop to add colored gradients to your images with ease. Whether you want to paint directly on a layer, fill a shape with a gradient, or use gradient fill layers, there are many options to suite your style. By the end of this photoshop tutorial you'll know how to confidently create and use gradients in each of these 3 methods.
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Timestamps
0:00 Creating A Basic Gradient In Photoshop
1:21 Customizing Gradients
2:33 Adding Colors To Gradients
3:00 Creating Gradient Presets
3:31 Adding Gradients To Canvas
5:10 Filling Shapes With Gradients
6:48 Using Gradient Fill Layers
7:40 Additional Gradient Settings
8:37 Wrapping Up

[jadeitejade]

Excellent tutorial, Brendan makes a complicated process easy to learn. Thank you Thank you

[TheFujiwuji]

At 1:39 he says if you double-click on the bar it'll open a color picker box... that does not happen when I double-click. Nothing happens or opens.

[daliodada]

Wow, that was the best. So clear and quick, yet not too quick. Thank you.

[Blackeagle]

Can I have a bit of help please? When double clicking that box at the start to edit the gradient, I don't have a popout or a page that allows me to edit the gradient. 2015 iMac Latest PhotoShop.

[benjaminsimon]

Excellent explanation and presentation of this important subject. Very good instructor. Thank you very much.

[TheRisingStar]

Thank you, Brendan! Your tutorial was a great help to me.☺

[LadyLoreleiMcKelvey]

Thank so much! Creating a gradient inside a shape was exactly what I was looking for to mimic the way I use gradients in Canva! No one else covers this! Question: when I try to turn the shape with the gradient around, the colour doesn't follow and stays at the bottom. Is there a way to modify the layer/shape so that the the colour stays put?

[denisestorck]

This tutorial helped me a lot - thank you so much!

[mannaubreusegem]

that was a perfect tutorial, thx! one question when I click twice in gradient I only see the gradient and not the gradient editor? where can I find de editor?

[ayeshaaysh]

quite detailed and very well explained.. Thank you

[leniehulse]

Great job Brendan!! Now I understand gradients!

[you.League]

thank you, I wanted to hit the subscribe button but it appears you already helped me once and I subscribed to your channel before 😅

[erwinbajao]

Thank you for this very interesting topic!

[chrismilesart]

Awesome tutorial. thanks so much! I subscribed!

[ctbram]

double-clicking does not open the gradient editor. I am in photoshop 23

[martinhousemuse]

This moves me forward, but I remain confused as to how to negotiate between layers. When I am dealing with gradient PLUS the image that I am trying to effect, it gets more confusing. Not sure how to integrate the two and not simply cover the image/subject with a layer of colors that completely covers the image I am trying to treat.

[duanecalhoon]

How would you use a radial gradient to soften the edges around a picture? Kind of like a cloud effect

[thearchitectmk]

can you put two directions in one gradient?

[grantosborne]

Another excellent tutorial. Us Brits have an issue with 'checked off' as this means OFF not ON. Always confusing!!!!