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May 10, 2013
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P: Gradient editor needs a few improvements

  • May 10, 2013
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It is almost impossible to use the gradient editor to simulate blending between lights, because it draws a straight line through RGB space. It would be good to be able to select HSL and LAB colour spaces for the gradient editor, and it would be even better if you could make bezier curves through RGB space, like the free tool at http://www.foddy.net/2010/10/gentle-g... is pretty frustrating that there was more flexibility in Deluxe Paint IV's gradient tool 23 years ago than there is in Photoshop's gradient tool now.

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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    June 8, 2013
    As written, it does not make sense - you left out significant context needed for it to make sense.
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    June 8, 2013
    Here's my original gradient and your 'identical' version side-by-side. If you think these look the same, this is a lost cause.

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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    June 8, 2013
    Ugh, that does not look remotely the same, and you have an ugly hard band between red and purple and between purple and blue.
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    June 8, 2013
    OK, instead of matching screen appearance, here's one matching your values, which took about 12 seconds to tweak the midpoints between stops.

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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    June 8, 2013
    hahaha, yikes. Ok, I get it, you're not serious about improving the product, you'd rather just negate the things I'm telling you and call me an idiot. Can you maybe wave someone over who wants to actually hear from customers?
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    June 8, 2013
    No dude, I'm trying to tell you that you CAN'T produce the same results with cardinal splines, which is a basic mathematical fact about bezier vs. cardinal splines. When I asked you produce the same result with the photoshop UI, you totally failed.
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    June 8, 2013
    So all you're claiming here is that you understand bezier splines and don't want to learn a different UI that can produce the same results?
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    June 8, 2013
    I'm trying to tell you that I could do a lot more with a bezier than a cardinal spline! It's not so hard to understand!
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    June 8, 2013
    Again, you may be seeing something different depending on your display and browser. When I created it, they were a close match.
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    June 8, 2013
    It is an arbitrary curve, because you are setting the control points (there are no tangents to set). We're talking about a cardinal spline, not a bezier.

    And I'm still trying to figure out what you're talking about.
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