Photoshop: Interactive Gradient Tool

Exactly. The first thing I wanted to do was create a gradient on a mask, and it was impossible to create the necessary gradient in Photoshop.  I ended up bringing the image into Shake, creating the gradient in a few seconds, and rendering out a PNG.

Here we are SIX YEARS later, and Photoshop's gradient tool is still an embarrassing insult to customers.  Get it together, Photoshop team; there's no excuse for this:

Option for the Gradient Tool in PSE. Right now when you apply a gradient you get a positioning line, when you let go of the mouse the gradient is applied. It would be nice to have the option of seeing the gradient while you are positioning it instead of having to wait until after. I would make this an option and not a replacement of the current method. The precision of the placement line is nice, but sometimes having an option to preview the gradient while placing it would also be highly useful.

Please add visual gradient while applying (like in Paint.NET).
So when you're applying your gradient, you can actually see the gradient instead of only a line. This way I can use the exactly the gradient I want and not have to constantly Redo it

Here's an example of interactive gradient tool in Inkscape:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=...

But the current gradient behavior has it's uses so include a toggle checkmark at the top bar with the other gradient tool options.

True, that will work in some cases. though not on a layer mask where I use it most. Come to think of it, a vector mask would be the perfect place to introduce an editable vector-based gradient tool.

That's true using the gradient tool, but you can edit and preview if you use a gradient fill layer or a gradient overlay style.

Applying Gradients in Photoshop is a hit or miss exercise. You draw your line, at which time there is no live feedback, and then you let go to create the gradient. If you do not like it, you start over with a new gradient.

It would be nice to have a gradient editor like there is in InDesign and Illustrator. PS could store a vector based gradient on a layer as a smart object so it could be edited later. Or handle it similar to other vector objects in Photoshop like Text and Paths.

Any chance for this? CS6.5?

Thanks

Sorry should have said in lightroom...

Did you make a selection to confine the result to a particular area?