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My goal with this image is to clarify the use of Gradient Maps. Gradient Maps are very useful if your goal is to turn a BW image into something more spectacular. It is very similar to creating a duo tone but can have much more impact. Instructions follow.






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marcoballistic marcoballistic
ha ha ha u tutorial posting muppet jerry, have a vote for pure work and being bothered to do it, newbies to photoshop read this, its good stuff, good one jez lol
timwilder timwilder
Tutorials help us to grow. I wonder if PS can ever be "mastered."
billtvshow billtvshow
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nancers nancers
OMG Jerry, I'll vote just for your explanation below. HAH!
leif leif
*slow clap*
Patre Patre
Thanks jerry, I saved the tutorial for future reference-great idea..
Cambria Cambria
Lesson of the day vote!
dewking dewking
stands up and claps.... along with leif
<senzotaku> <senzotaku>
Tutorial vote. :D
occecid occecid
Nice tutorial. Next we need an example of a multi-colored gradian map.
yello_piggy yello_piggy
"I teach for votes!"-vote
theduplicate theduplicate
Yay !! tru !!....
Serps Serps
Something new for me to learn :)
ReinMan ReinMan
Jerry - once again I am taught something ELSE I didn't know about PS. Very much worth a vote! Thankx...
claudiolky claudiolky
very smart idea...
jazgraphic jazgraphic
One can never master the true potential of PS; always something new to learn or to use differently. Thanks;)
Wett Wett
is it too late to start the wave with the others? ;)
olive olive
this is very helpful, thanks
blue_lurker blue_lurker
Vote worthy and thanks for the tip...


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jerry717 jerry717
The simplest way to use a Gradient Map is to set up a correction layer. This way you can modify it as many times as you like until satisfied. Select New Adjustment layer from the layer menu and then choose the Gradient Map option. A palette will appear th
jerry717 jerry717
If anyone wants to save the text, here is a jpg version that can be opend in PS while experimenting...http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/jerry717/tut.jpg
jerry717 jerry717
OK Occecid Here is an example that combines Gradient Maps with Blending modes...took less than 5 minutes. [img] img.photobucket.com...
ReinMan ReinMan
The multi-coloured gradients are very cool! If you are not sure what effect a particular tab is doing to the picture, change it to a really bright horrible colour and you'll see which part of the image it is effecting. Once you've "tuned" the sliders to
jerry717 jerry717
That is a great way to test it Reinman. That's what I meant about being a bit confusing. The values correlate to the density range that exist whithin the image. You need to see it to understand it. Thanks Reinman.
jerry717 jerry717
In case anyone is wondering, I used the brick pattern I created from Tuesday's contest as a part of this image. I used it as a texture within the textureizer filter.
Lrossa Lrossa
sorry ran out of votes, but very cool!!!



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by jerry717
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Created June 22, 2005
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