Create Gradients 2 - GIMP Beginners' Guide ep109 Video Lecture - A GIMP

hi in this video I'll continue
discussing the options in the gradient
editor let's right-click again here we
can flip a segment like that or we can
flip a selection if we use the shift key
to select these two segments you see how
that works we can also let's make only
the one segment active here and we can
replicate a segment here we get to
choose the number of times that we will
replicate that segment let's leave it to
you see how that works for example i'll
delete now this segment using the delete
segment option like that here the left
color type and the right color type
basically right now it's fixed is the
color that we select we can change that
to foreground color foreground current
transparent background color or
background color transparent so
basically if you choose this option the
right color here on this segment which
is this black color right now will be
changing depending on the change of the
foreground color here so if I choose
that you see what's happening if i
change my foreground color this color
will change here this can be useful
sometimes you can use that if you like
so let's
go ahead and change that to fix the game
and it should close this gradient create
a new one this is what I was talking
about earlier that now that I can revert
my mistakes here I have to just create a
new gradient which is faster than trying
to fix what I just did so let's continue
with the options here we can unload left
cower from now we can load left color
from the neighbors right endpoint which
will be this color here because right
now this is a segment that we have
selected and this is the neighboring
segment right end point we can also load
a cower from the right end point of the
segment that we is active right now
which is white as you can see and we can
load a color from the foreground or the
background or from these slots here and
this is for the left power of this
segment the same options go to the right
color of the segment and this option
here gives us the ability to get this
color selection dialog and select the
color from here in psychology color
changes here let's click cancel
right click here again so basically
these are all the options here and we
have some blending function for the
segment some blending options here we
have also covering time for segment RGB
hue saturation value counterclockwise
hue or clockwise he'll let us now create
a gradient here from this left segment
I'm going to right click and select the
left ending points color let's select
that to be red and for the right ending
point scour I'll select that to be let's
say yellow like that click on this
signal here and select the right ending
point scour to be green and for the left
I'll select yellow again you see how we
managed to create this gradient with
three colors that blend together now we
can also add a transparency for example
here in this gradient you can see how I
made it with a transparency if I choose
my blend tool here for example select
radio and show you how that works you
see how that gradient works so adding on
transparency is pretty easy you just
have to click here and choose this load
color front or right ending point scour
sorry but in this case in this segment
will choose the left ending point scour
and here we have our alpha channel which
gives us the ability to make this
transparent like that you see here that
it's not entirely transparent so if I
want to make more transparency here I
have to split this segment at a midpoint
and add a transparency here on the right
yes you see how that works and now to
blend it to make it smooth transition
I'll select this segment and select the
left color here yes and make it
transparent like that you see how now we
have this and we can go ahead and do the
same thing here and we have this green
in yellow colors that go to transparency
so let's just use this in a second let's
see what we got here maybe if we revert
this
yeah you see how this gradient works on
a radio shape here so you can play
around create gradients all you want and
another type of grainy i want to show
you really quickly let's split this at a
midpoint
let's play it again here let's shift
select them both and use this option
recenter midpoints handles in a
selection and everything will be
resented here and real quickly here
select the left Cour for this segment to
be read the right color to be red here
let's select yellow
let's hear select green
again this wasn't the right option
and you see how easily we can create a
gradient where the colors don't mix this
what I wanted to show you so play around
with this take advantages of this
gradient editor because gradients are
really important part of creating web
graphics and some other digital art so
that's it for this tutorial bye