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02/08/2015 06:14:03 PM · #1
are gradients allowed in Advanced Editing?

how about color gradients?

-m
02/08/2015 07:10:20 PM · #2
Short answer, "Yes, but be careful." We use them all the time for burning in foregrounds and skies gradually, for example. But if you used, say, a green-to-red color gradient on a featureless sky or wall, you'd be in danger of "adding a feature".
02/08/2015 07:39:04 PM · #3
Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Short answer, "Yes, but be careful." We use them all the time for burning in foregrounds and skies gradually, for example. But if you used, say, a green-to-red color gradient on a featureless sky or wall, you'd be in danger of "adding a feature".


that is what i was afraid of. kinda odd, though, since the rules say you can change the colors of anything in the image... isn't a gradient just a way to change colors in a systematic way?

-m
02/08/2015 07:50:02 PM · #4
Originally posted by mefnj:

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Short answer, "Yes, but be careful." We use them all the time for burning in foregrounds and skies gradually, for example. But if you used, say, a green-to-red color gradient on a featureless sky or wall, you'd be in danger of "adding a feature".


that is what i was afraid of. kinda odd, though, since the rules say you can change the colors of anything in the image... isn't a gradient just a way to change colors in a systematic way?

-m

Yeah, but bear in mind that we're not allowed to create shapes that didn't exist before: we can't put a rainbow in the sky, where there was not one. And Advanced Editing rules are results-oriented, not process-oriented, so it doesn't matter HOW it's done...
02/08/2015 07:54:08 PM · #5
A pronounced gradient can introduce a feature not present before. It's one of those nasty subjective areas of the rules.
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