378 CHAPTER 9 ADVANCED DRAWING In Figure
378 CHAPTER 9 ADVANCED DRAWING In Figure 9-51, there are two segments. The first (leftmost) segment is active, since that s the one with the blue bar below it. Its left endpoint color is blue, and its right endpoint color is yellow. The second segment has a yellow left endpoint, and a blue right endpoint. Each segment will fade from the color at one endpoint to the other. How fast it will fade is controlled by dragging the midpoint slider (the white triangle). Drag it to the right, and you ll see more blue; to the left, and you ll see more yellow. Tip To make an abrupt cutoff, like Romanian Flag (as opposed to Romanian Flag Smooth ), make the left and right endpoints the same colors. You can control many aspects of blending, and add or delete segments, by right-clicking in the gradient to get a context menu (Figure 9-52). Figure 9-52. The Gradient Editor s context menu When you ve edited a gradient to your liking, the Save button adds the gradient to your GIMP profile. You don t need to choose a filename or file type for it: GIMP will handle that for you. Most people won t ever need to create or modify a gradient. But for those who do, GIMP s Gradient Editor gives you plenty of power to do whatever you need. Experiment and see what it can do for you.
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