On the one hand, using the Gradient Editor you can assign individual nodes to
reference the "foreground" or "background" color instead of using a fixed color
(right click a node handle and select the "Color Type"), however something like
the Tube Red is actually a bit more complicated than a FG/
I appreciate the responses, which led me to experimenting. I don't seem to
have the Gradient Editor. I guess it's time to upgrade from gimp 2.6. But
even if I did have the Editor, I can see that it's beyond my level.
Thanks all -- I'll keep playing with it.
Helen
On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 9:59 AM
But the Gradient Editor has been around pretty much forever, its window is just
not loaded into the toolboxes by default. Try double-clicking a gradient from
the Gradients dialog (on its icon/preview, not its name), this should bring up
the Gradient Editor.
Advance warning: You can't edit the
On 03/25/2013 10:03 PM, Richard Gitschlag wrote:
> Advance warning: You can't edit the preset gradients (minor design
> flaw common to all GIMP resources, really), you have to hit the
> "Duplicate" button on a desired gradient before you go into editing
> mode. Otherwise the editor will be in re
On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 10:03 PM, Richard Gitschlag <
strata_ran...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> But the Gradient Editor has been around pretty much forever, its window is
> just not loaded into the toolboxes by default. Try double-clicking a
> gradient from the Gradients dialog (on its icon/preview, no
I mean that the fact you can't make any edits (even unsaved edits) to things
like gradients or brush dynamics is the flaw. I know the reason for it, but
the end-to-end result is just not very convenient on the user -- brush dynamics
especially (I actually removed the default dynamics folder fro