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nuriddin
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October 5, 2023
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how to extract gradients from folder?

  • October 5, 2023
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how to extract gradients from folder as in the second picture?

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    Correct answer Ged_Traynor

    @nuriddin select the gradients you want to move and then just drag them into an empty space, if you want to select all the gradients in a particular folder, click on the first one and then shift click on the last to select them all

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    c.pfaffenbichler
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    c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
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    October 5, 2023

    You can also use the Gradients Panel (Window > Gradients) to organize and export gradients. 

     

      Ged_Traynor
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      Ged_TraynorCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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      October 5, 2023

      @nuriddin select the gradients you want to move and then just drag them into an empty space, if you want to select all the gradients in a particular folder, click on the first one and then shift click on the last to select them all

        Trevor.Dennis
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        Trevor.DennisCommunity Expert
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        October 5, 2023

        Adding to Ged's excellent post, what I like to do with all sorts of presets is create a Favourite group/folder and drag presets from wherever to that group.  Do as Ged suggests and select all of the gradients in your new group, then right click and choose Export Selected Gradients.  You'll have to give it a name (it won't simply use the name of the group) and it will save as a .GRD format file.

         

        You can now delete that group, and it will be available to Import by clicking on the pop-out menu in the top right corner.

         

        More important'ly, that .GRD file will be there in the Presets/Gradients folder, so you can pass it on to the next major Photoshop upgrade.  If you don't export the folder, you will lose it when you upgrade.  This also applies to other custom presets.  (i.e.  brushes .ABR files  — I think especially important with brush presets as we sometimes put a lot of work in creating them.)

         

        C:\Users\[Your User Name]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2024\Presets\Gradients

         

         

          Trevor.Dennis
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          Trevor.DennisCommunity Expert
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          October 5, 2023

          I forgot to say that when you drag a gradient preset from its parent group to your new group, they disappear from the parent group.  (I don't know any way to force a copy — Alt drag, for instance, does not work) but they still exist in the opriginal preset's containing .GRD file.

           

          I dragged most of my 'Favourite' presets from the Legacy Gradients folder, so I can delete that folder from the main panel area, and append it from the pop-out menu and all of the presets will still be there.  Same thing with the Default gradients.  Same thing with brush preset folders and their .ABR files

           

          Note: I linked to the Windows presets folder locations in my last posts.  This link has all file locations for Windows and Mac

          https://helpx.adobe.com/nz/photoshop/kb/preference-file-names-locations-photoshop.html

           

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