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1. Re: Gradient Eye-dropper
Gyno-jiz Oct 2, 2009 2:06 PM (in response to sfjedi)Yes.
Use the gradient editor:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Photoshop/11.0/WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-77e1a.html
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2. Re: Gradient Eye-dropper
sfjedi Oct 2, 2009 2:31 PM (in response to Gyno-jiz)I'm not sure I was clear enough or maybe I don't understand the gradient editor to the extent that it would fulfill my request.
Let me try to elaborate here. Take this photo, for example...
OK, say I want the gradient in that photo, but it's more complex than just a starting and ending color and I'm not sure *exactly* where the intermediate colors should be placed, right?
So, in my mind, I envision a tool with an ability such that you could select sort of a gradient eye-dropper tool, click and hold in the center part of the gradient where it's bright yellow, then drag my mouse to the burnt orange part.
The tool would *read* all of the in-between colors and calculate where exactly they should be placed. You feel me?
Are you saying the gradient editor allows me to do this? Because I see that as more of a manual way of doing this.
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3. Re: Gradient Eye-dropper
Gyno-jiz Oct 2, 2009 3:53 PM (in response to sfjedi)I'd say that's a feature request.
Of course you can always copy out a slice, blur it a bit (you don't want the requested auto-tool sampling those compression rings, right?), set the ruler to percentages and start dropping points in the gradient editor.
Are you going to mask out the kid's head for the auto-tool? Do you want the tool to replicate that banding at one end, or do its best to smooth it out? What about the fact that the lightest part of the grad is probably hidden behind that noggin? Ideally the tool would have answers for these type of scenarios and more... I suppose the Illy-style gradient tool would help a lot, as you could more quickly communicate to the machine what you're after. Just dragging out a line won't cut it, me thinks.
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4. Re: Gradient Eye-dropper
Semaphoric Oct 2, 2009 4:50 PM (in response to sfjedi)Maybe you could use Andromeda's Measurment tool:
http://andromeda.com/main/measurement.php
Or maybe not :/
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5. Re: Gradient Eye-dropper
sfjedi Oct 2, 2009 6:27 PM (in response to Gyno-jiz)J Maloney wrote:
I'd say that's a feature request.
I agree! I posted it here...
http://forums.adobe.com/message/2289511
Of course you can always copy out a slice, blur it a bit (you don't want the requested auto-tool sampling those compression rings, right?), set the ruler to percentages and start dropping points in the gradient editor.
Good point and good idea, but you shouldn't have to do any manual blurring. That's tedious! Rather, there should just be a threshold slider that allows you to see how many intermediate nodes you're producing and a preview of the gradient as you slide the threshold slider.
Are you going to mask out the kid's head for the auto-tool? Do you want the tool to replicate that banding at one end, or do its best to smooth it out? What about the fact that the lightest part of the grad is probably hidden behind that noggin? Ideally the tool would have answers for these type of scenarios and more... I suppose the Illy-style gradient tool would help a lot, as you could more quickly communicate to the machine what you're after. Just dragging out a line won't cut it, me thinks.
Yeah, I'm going to mask out the kid's head for the auto-tool. It's all explained in the feature request post. I'm not sure what you mean by "banding at one end," but the tool should be smart enough to figure it out. I also address the fact that the lightest part is hidden behind the noggin'. The tool should be able to *guess* what color that would be. Programmatically, that shouldn't be an issue.
In hindsight, I don't think you should need to draw a line or specify which gradient you've identified. All of that, now that I think of it, should be able to be done automatically.
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6. Re: Gradient Eye-dropper
Gyno-jiz Oct 3, 2009 1:17 AM (in response to sfjedi)I deserve ten points for that.


