purefocus Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 So I made these shapes a while back. I somehow put a gradient on the entire circle, except pixels where the circle is partially transparent, the gradient was also partially transparent. However, when I use the magic wand tool at 70% to select the entire circle, the use the gradient tool, the transparency factor goes away and all the pixels become opaque. I know it was easier than readjusting all the transparency pixels. Could someone help me out on how to do this? I have attached a small circle below just so that you can easily see the partially transparent pixels that I am referring to. I also attached a second circle of what happens when I try the method I explained above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 I suggest that you don't use the Magic Wand, but instead use a plugin like BoltBait's Paste Alpha. Copy the circle into the clipboard, then paste the alpha into a layer in which you've generated a gradient. (Paste Alpha gives a choice between pasting the alpha or pasting the gray-scale values to be used as alpha. In most cases, it's easier to generate a gray-scale version, since there are more tools and plugins to modify the color than to modify the opacity.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purefocus Posted September 26, 2016 Author Share Posted September 26, 2016 I'd still like to know the way how to do it without any plugins. Is there a way to add another layer and somehow change the properties of one of the layers..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 I don't know of a way. I think you ought to just bite the bullet and use a plugin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eli Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 I would do as MJW suggested it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purefocus Posted September 26, 2016 Author Share Posted September 26, 2016 I had forgotten I had the alpha mask plugin which does basically the same thing as Paste Alpha. Thanks for the help, guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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