help me about Gradient tool in Adobe photoshop cs...?

Question

can somebody help me about photoshop! im new in using photoshop and i got some problem in using gradient tool.. i wanna make an oval shape with a gradient effect inside in that shape but i cant do it!, it says that "Cannot use the gradient tool because the content of the layer is not directly editable".. plss somebody help me!

Answer 1

uhm... i think this is the easiest way...

create a layer (layer1), aside from the background... and create an oval first. press ctrl+layer1 on the layers panel, which selects the oval. and then use the gradient tool. hope this helps. ^_^

Answer 2

Anria is right, it would be much easier to create what you need in Illustrator, Freehand, or Coreldraw and then import it into Photoshop, but its possible your colors will change on you going from a vector image to something thats rasterized. But if you need the gradient in Photoshop. Open your layers pallet, and create a new layer. With the new layer selected, click on your ecliptical marquee tool, and select the oval you want to fill. You can modify your oval if you go to "Select" in the top menu bar and select "transform selection". Double click the box to go back to your selection. Next select the gradient tool, select the style and colors of your gradient. Once you have that selected and set; click, hold, and drag from one end of your work space to the other. If its not right, either do a Edit/undo or open your History pallet and delete the last action. Try all different angles, start and finish your gradient from inside and outside the selection till you get what your looking for. Next, deselect your selection and move layer up or down or modify the opacity in your layers pallet if needed.

Answer 3

I'm in exactly the same position - except when I applied the gradient to a box I had drawn, the gradient covered the entire project (everything disappeared as if covered by the gradient). I can only suggest that you google "photoshop tutorial". Often you'll find a (simple) answer right away. This is how I learned Illustrator, and I'm now pretty proficient in it. I guess I'll have to start over again with Photoshop... Also, you can signup at Adobe for their user to user forums - they'll help you alot,

Answer 4

photoshop isnt really the right programme for images, you should try Adobe Illustrator.
Try and swap you're background and foreground colors.
Also try swapping the color on the fill and stroke, (see the layers window)
and also open the gradient window if you have one and work from there.
But as I say,Adobe Photoshop isnt really right for this, rather try Adobe Illustrator.

Answer 5

select the image, invert the selection, use the gradient tool. you'll get a gradient all over the layer but not on your image. is that what you want?

Answer 6

select the area you wanna use it on...choose two colors in the two big squares... click on the gradient tool and click and drag the direction you want it to go