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bartonlew
bartonlew
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February 8, 2023
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gradient not working

  • February 8, 2023
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Gradients have stopped working for me.  In the screen shot below, I lightened the top tile area in Layer 8 considerably (see screen shot 1) and then drew a gradient from right to extreme left (outside the frame) (screen shot 2).  The tile appears uniformly dark and doesn't reflect the lightening I did.  I reset All Tools but this didn't change anything.  Is there something wrong in my settings?  Thank you.

 

 

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Correct answer Jeff Arola

What version of photoshop are you using?

 

Look at your Foreground/Background colors in the Tools panel.

Reset the Default Foreground/Background colors using the D key.

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Bojan Živković11378569
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Bojan Živković11378569Community Expert
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February 8, 2023

I think your mask is black to grey what makes difficult to see changes as already mentioned by @Jeff Arola 

I have tested with Curves clipped to Hue/Saturation clipped to content to affect as on your second screenshot. I am assuming that content to be lightened is on Layer 8, isn't it?

 

The only remaining part we can not see is Properties for layer mask and colors used for gradient. Try with Black and White gradient. Also check Properties for layer mask to match below screenshot.

Trevor.Dennis
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Trevor.DennisCommunity Expert
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February 8, 2023

Try unclipping the Curves layer.  That will test if it is the layer it is clipped to is causing your issue.  

Try Ctrl clicking Layer 8 to see if it has content you are not aware of.

Can you isolate all of the tile layers and group them as a Smart Object.  Perhaps move the curves layer down the stack so that it is definitely behind the poster layers.

You have a lot going on there, so it is not particularly easy to trouble shoot from the screen shots.

 

Nice work BTW. 

 

 

    Jeff Arola
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    Jeff ArolaCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    February 8, 2023

    What version of photoshop are you using?

     

    Look at your Foreground/Background colors in the Tools panel.

    Reset the Default Foreground/Background colors using the D key.

    bartonlew
    bartonlewAuthor
    Legend
    February 8, 2023

    The background colors were the problem.  I changed back to whtie on top and black on back, and it's working fine again.  Thank you.  

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