Updated Gradients

[BrunoBB]

Hello,

not sure if this is a bug or I'm doing something wrong, but I've been using Photoshop for work for the past 3 years. Never had any kind of similar problem. Since the update 24.5 my gradients are, well horrible...

I'm attaching two pictures:

As you can see, in PS I have this preview of the visual. I want gradient to be full on the left side (as there is lack of stock photo there) and go into opacity 0 on the right. Everything is set right, here's a picture again:

When I export, this is what I get out:

The gradient is actually there, it's not that PS completely ignores the layer but it's almost non-existant.

Here's a good example of how random it behaves currently:

1. Inside PS

Export of that file:

Why did we even ask/got this change on gradients? It's clunky [cursing removed].

Btw. my computer, GPU, all requirements are good, great, excellent... Never had problems before this update.

[BrunoBB]

Addition

Even when adding another gradient anchor and pulling the gradient out of the canvas:

The result is the same - no gradient on PNG export (or I mean, almost non-existent gradient)

[jane-e]

@BrunoBB 

See this video from Julieanne Kost to learn how the new gradient tool works.

https://jkost.com/blog/2023/05/discover-the-new-gradient-tool-in-photoshop.html

Or, in the options bar on the far left, you can change from Gradient to Classic Gradient to make the tool work as it did before.

Jane

[BrunoBB]

Hey @jane-e 

thanks for the reply, yeah the classic gradient works! I understand the controls of the new gradient but this happens:

View in PS:

Perfect, I made it exactly how I want it - the options are nice, and the line is easy to control - great, let's export!

View in the export window (and after export):

The gradient is like 2% opacity - it's the same file, same layers, and same options...

It just removes it in export for some reason. Can't figure out why - there are no filters blocking it, no blending options, and nothing like that. Even if I pull the new gradient to be the topmost layer it does the same.

[jane-e]

@BrunoBB wrote:

thanks for the reply, yeah the classic gradient works!

You're welcome,  and I'm glad the classic gradient is working for you — I'm not sure why the exporting fails.

Jane

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[Jeff Arola]

When your exporting are you right clicking on the layer in the layers panel and clicking Export As?