Radial Gradient Bounding Box

[rayg525]

There is no bounding box on the Radial Gradient tool in Photoshop. There is one in ACR but not Photoshop. All I see is a dot at right angles to the line of the gradient. Can anyone help to tell me where it went?

[Myra Ferguson]

You can choose to use either the new Gradient tool or the Classic Gradient tool by selecting your preference in the Options bar (Window > Options).

[didiermazier]

This question seems to have been asked before :

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-ecosystem-cloud-based-discussions/bounding-box-on-radial-gr...

[rayg525]

Hello and thank you for your reply. I can confirm that I have 'Gradient'
selected, not 'Classic Gradient'. I can see the bounding box when I use my
Windows laptop but not when I use my Windows desktop. I can't see any
setting that are different between one machine and the other. Perhaps I
might consider uninstalling and reinstalling Photoshop on my desktop
machine.

[Myra Ferguson]

Try changing the setting to Classic Gradient to get the bounding box.

[rayg525]

Thanks for the suggestion but I had already tried that, without success. I'm bamboozled!

[Myra Ferguson]

Would you mind posting a screenshot that shows your entire screen?

[rayg525]

Screenshot attached. Thanks for the continued support.

Ray

[Myra Ferguson]

Thank you for posting a screenshot.

It appears that you are creating the gradient with the new Gradient and not the Classic Gradient. The difference can be seen in the result. The new Gradient tool has the gradient editor that appears on screen when the gradient fill is selected. And in the Layers panel, it produces a Gradient Fill as opposed to a raster layer. 

What could be confusing is that after the gradient has been drawn with the new Gradient tool, the Options bar displays Gradient although it is grayed out. In order to switch which version is used, you would need to set that dropdown menu to Classic Gradient before drawing the gradient.

[rayg525]

My apologies for the delay in responding. I've been a bit under the weather for a few days and have just emerged from my bed. I have to disagree with you that I should be using the classic gradient. That is the old method. The new method is gradient. I've watched a few tutorials on the new gradient and that is definitely the one to use.

I still haven't figured out why it is not working correctly but I think it's time to draw a line under this one. I can still use it, I just don't have the bounding box. here is a little square at the perimeter of the gradient and that is adjustable so that's what I'll be using. Thank you, though, for taking the time to respond to my query.

[Myra Ferguson]

If you would prefer to not redraw the gradient, you can rasterize the Gradient Fill that the new Gradient tool created by right-clicking to the right of the name on that layer and selecting Rasterize Layer from the contextual dropdown menu or by going to Layer > Rasterize. Once it's rasterized, then you'll get the bounding box.

[Myra Ferguson]

@didiermazier It looks like that thread pertains to Lightroom and not Photoshop.

[didiermazier]

My bad

[Myra Ferguson]

Oh, no worries. 🙂