Photoshop Gradient becomes TERRIBLE....

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January 27, 2025
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Heard of the phrase "DONT FIX IT IF ITS NOT BROKEN"

Photoshop's Gradient tool has become terrrible to work with. I've been using Photoshop for so many years, and this new gradient system in the recent update has made things significantly worse. The color transitions are nowhere near as smooth as they used to be, and the workflow feels incredibly clunky—especially when applying gradients to masks.

With this frustrating update, is there a way to revert to the old version that still uses the previous gradient system? I set this to auto update, now I wont.

Windows

Correct answer Stephen Marsh

@JosephComm – In the gradient tool options at the top of the workspace, ensure you have selected the legacy "classic gradient".

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JosephCommAuthor

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Now its back to being wacky. Black to white(white as the ZERO transparency) and added a mask to an image. When I drag it from top to MIDDLE of the image, the end of the image has an obvious sharp end of the white. This was NOT the case before you made changes to the gradient. This is my MOST FREQUENTLY used tool in photoshop. Sadly its now awful..

PS. I'm using the CLASSIC gradient as suggested.

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Hannu21915635xgi1

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Using 26.3.0
Classic gradient does not work for me. If used in existing mask that is part of the image, even classic gradient makes the gradient for the whole image (starting eg. from left edge) . Gradient was used in existimg mask.