color balance gradient???

[waltl2]

Dear Friends,

Sometimes I am illustrating a curved object like a cylinder. I would like the light on one side to be warmer in color and the other side to be cooler in color. For example an object lit in bright sunlight is warmer in color on the sunny side and cooler  in color on the shady side. Is it possible to use gradients to achieve this effect? Or is there some other technique I can use.

Thanks for your help!

[Semaphoric]

I would add and adjustment layer of some sort, with a gradient in its layer mask.

[waltl2]

Thanks for your response. My question is what kind of adjustment layer? I could  use a Hue/Saturation layer and make it go from very warm to less warm, but I can't make it warm on one side and cool on the other. Possibly two layers might work, but that seems an inelegant solution.

[Semaphoric]

Yes, what I suggested is pretty inelegant. I think a better approach might be to add a Gradient Overlay Layer Effect. Try various blending modes to get the effect you want - Overlay might be a good start.

[davescm]

A gradient clipped to your shape would do this - see example below

Without gradients :

With gradients :

Dave

[waltl2]

Thanks Dave!

[davescm]

You're welcome

Dave

[andreamaestri]

Hi Walt,

you might want to try Color Balance adjustment in Photoshop​. There's an option to select the tone. I hope this helps