Water Chicken Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 (edited) Hi, I'm wondering how I could make like a spiral/circle gradient(not sure if that's correct...)? Say you have a circle with 1 quarter cut out(bottom right)like this image: How would I make a white to black gradient following the red path from point A to B? I'm not sure how I would do this. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance! P.S: I'm needing this for a game I'm making in Unity3D, it's sorta like Jak and Daxter's eco meter. Edited December 17, 2011 by Water Chicken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowman Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 On a square canvas, make a horizontal black/white Linear gradient, then run Polar Transformation plugin choosing Transform Rectangular to Polar, 1 Quote My GalleryMy YouTube Channel "PDN Tutorials" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Water Chicken Posted December 17, 2011 Author Share Posted December 17, 2011 Thanks! Just what I was looking for! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Using yellowman's answer, I found that you get quite a good result if you create your B&W gradient with the black on the left hand side. Then run the effect using an angle of -180 Crop the image to a circle based on the central point. Finally, you'll see that the finish point of the dark side of the gradient is not quite 270 degrees from the white start point. You can fine tune that using Adjustments > Brightness / Contrast Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Has no one tried using the Gradient tool in Conical mode? Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Water Chicken wants the gradient to extend 270 degrees. How do we get that option with conical gradient? Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Hmm, you can't. Not in v3.5.x anyway. Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitenurse79 Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Hmm, you can't. Not in v3.5.x anyway. Something to look forward to in v4.0 perhaps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Probably not in 4.0 but hopefully 4.x Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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