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SyyyyyyB
Inspiring
September 17, 2019
Question

grids with gradient colour

  • September 17, 2019
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Perhaps someone can help me with this....

I want to create a two colour grid and distort the two colour grids simultaneously. I then want to apply separate colour gradients to each of the two grid colours. So, I will have a distorted grid where there is one set of grid lines that is a gradient of colour and a second set of grid lines that is another gradient of colour, and both will be distorted to the same shape. 

Any help greatly appreciated.

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SyyyyyyBAuthor
Inspiring
September 18, 2019

davescm
davescm
Community Expert
September 17, 2019

Chuck you beat me to it - but since I've just prepared the screenshots I'll post them

2 grids (made with the line tool, duplicated and Layer >Distribute) each with a gradient stroke

Then both into a smart object and distorted (I used pinch for the demo)

 

 

 

Dave

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    SyyyyyyBAuthor
    Inspiring
    September 17, 2019
    Dave and Chuck, I am very unschooled in PS ( sculptor who is using this for studies) so can you walk me through the steps for creating a grid. I used to open a pdf grid that I downloaded from the web that was one colour., then transform, and apply the gradient.
    davescm
    davescm
    Community Expert
    September 17, 2019

    There are several ways . One is :
    Use the line tool (in with shapes in the toolbar) to draw a vertical line shape (hold down shift while drawing out line to make it vertical). 
    Ctrl+J to copy then V to move
    Repeat to get number required and make sure the first and last are in correct position
    Select all line layers and use Layer >Distribute Horizontally - to distribute the others between the end two.
    Select all layers, right click and use Merge shapes
    Ctrl+J to duplicate
    Rotate the new layer 90 degrees
    Select both shape layers and again use Merge shapes

     

    Dave

    Chuck Uebele
    Chuck Uebele
    Community Expert
    September 17, 2019

    Create the gride lines with a gradient overlay, and the fill gradient. Put all those layers in a smart object, then warp or distort it.

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