granny
Fledgling Freddie
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- Dec 23, 2003
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Anyone know how to do gradient fills in photoshop that follow the contours of a custom shape rather than just linear/circular/diamond/reflected etc?
An example of what I mean:
I'd like for the blood vessel in that picture (the big grey thing running down the centre of the picture with the tubule branching off it) to be nicely filled with a grey->white gradient that follows the contours of the shape much more smoothly that I've managed there.
I managed the effect there by shrinking the shape and using an innre glow layer style then enlarging it again (had to shrink & enlarge cos the image is massive and inner glow is limited to 250 pixels size, doh).
Any suggestions on a better way to do it?
An example of what I mean:

I'd like for the blood vessel in that picture (the big grey thing running down the centre of the picture with the tubule branching off it) to be nicely filled with a grey->white gradient that follows the contours of the shape much more smoothly that I've managed there.
I managed the effect there by shrinking the shape and using an innre glow layer style then enlarging it again (had to shrink & enlarge cos the image is massive and inner glow is limited to 250 pixels size, doh).
Any suggestions on a better way to do it?