Gradient Map tutorial

poopinmymouth · Nov 2005

Figured I'd whip this one out since I've been promising it for a while. Makes skin variations a snap in a pinch. Lemme know what you think.

http://www.poopinmymouth.com/tutorial/gradient_map.htm

flaagan · Nov 2005

cool, I'll have to give this a try some time. thanks poop!

Gmanx · Nov 2005

Interesting stuff Poop, many thanks for sharing. I've been using Photoshop for a few years now, and never used this feature....'till now.

arshlevon · Nov 2005

yeah real handy tip poop...

just as a small addtion to your tut i thought i would rundown what i use them mostly for..

one of the basic principals of color is warm colors advance and cool colors recede.. so to spice up any composition i throw down a gradient map that goes from the coolest of colors blue, to 50% grey to the warmest of colors yellow.. then set the gradient layer to overlay.. the grey will preserve any inital color you laid down and the colors will add depth and color variation to the piece.. i also back way off the opasity just to hint at the color.. not actually take the piece over with it..

jzero · Nov 2005

Stunning! Wow, Ben you have done your task of educatin' for this week. I never even knew about that feature, and I sure could have used it in the past. THNX!!

/jzero

moose · Nov 2005

gradient maps are excelent ways of coloring b/w painted forms, and a cool way of getting some crazy stylized colors.

shadow-highlight is also cool. woot!

PolyMonkey · Nov 2005

Nice tutorial Ben. Short and sweet.

John Warner · Nov 2005

yah thanks alot man, i didn't know this. also, thanks arsh, that's pretty helpful too..

Timex · Nov 2005

cool

, good tutorial.

Gradient Map tutorial

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