Algiers Lady, you’ll like this simple and elegant gradient tutorial I came across on Digg. By the by, there are some really nasty comments on Digg related to this tutorial, which makes me want to reconsider posting to Digg. I’m not blaming Digg; it’s just that every place people have an opportunity to post comments, they seem to fill the space with mean/nasty/non-productive remarks. I just don’t see the point of posting anything that isn’t beneficial — even if it is an easy tutorial. Seems to me, the posters should have gone on to other challenges if this one was too simple for them.
Granted, we all have our opinions (go ahead and laugh) and sometimes on my other blog, Poet Sense & Sensibilities, I rant but it’s my blog. When it comes to comments, I try to offset the mean/nasty wherever I can. I'm new to the social media arena (typical case of avoidance) and tutorial blogs (silly me, thinking designers had a more sensitive streak) so I probably have a lot to learn about how ugly humans all over the world (although it seems like more Americans than anything) can be to other humans when they are cloaked by screen names.
Back to the main point: Yes, anyone playing around with Photoshop would have found this a mere exercise but for those new to Photoshop, it helps to learn a simple but great technique early. I chose this tutorial by 9rules because it is easy and because sometimes we just don’t think of the simplest process as being the best choice. Sometimes, though, it is. Go make your own if you haven’t tried this method; if you have, share it with someone who hasn’t. Enjoy.
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