So I made a circle in a blank canvas with anti-aliasing enabled. All of the pixels are the same RGB value and only the alpha (opacity) changes. Then I used the magic wand tool to select every pixel of the circle that had color in it (I increased the tolerance until it selected the whole canvas). When I use the gradient tool to apply a gradient to all of the pixels, it automatically sets the alpha to 255 for every pixel that was selected.
My question is. is there a way to make the Gradient tool ONLY change the RGB value of the pixels and not change the alpha in any way? I want to be able to make a circle with a gradient that also has smooth edges.
