Photoshop tip needed :)

djkav · 12 Mar 2012 at 17:04

Hi, I'm using Photoshop x64 CS5.

I need a tip. I want text to be coloured with a gradient, instead of a solid colour. I also need to preserve the alpha channel data in the font type also.

Here is a preview of the font.

Any help appreciated, thx.

moogle · 12 Mar 2012 at 17:08

Layer -> Blending Options -> Gradient Overlay?

djkav · 12 Mar 2012 at 17:14

moogle said:
Layer -> Blending Options -> Gradient Overlay?

Okies, I have tried that. It works great with a coloured background when i flatten the layers. It goes strange (more pixels get coloured) when I flatten on a transparent background ?

Cuchulain · 12 Mar 2012 at 17:17

the default style/gradient overlay works fine, so long as you're flattening it into a layer that doesn't already have styles applied.

moogle · 12 Mar 2012 at 17:17

So somewhere it's losing it's transparency on the edges. What exactly are you doing?

You're probably not applying the layer effects to each layer, which will cause the layer effect to apply to the merged layer.

djkav · 12 Mar 2012 at 17:20

The same layers, flattened to a coloured background:

and flattened to a transparent background:

Hmmm, its looking ok now. I must need to clean my contact lenses

djkav · 12 Mar 2012 at 17:24

I always have a transparent layer at the bottom, that clean with nothing added to it.

Thanks for the tip, tho. Its just what I needed.

moogle · 12 Mar 2012 at 17:24

djkav said:
Hmmm, its looking ok now. I must need to clean my contact lenses

Maybe it's the transparent/aliased edges showing over no background.