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Photoshop's Gradient tool may not be on most users' lists of go-to editing options. But it should be. In combination with layer masks, the Gradient tool lets you create natural-looking composite ...

How to use Gradient Maps to create mono images in Photoshop.

Sitting quietly in the Tools panel of the popular image editors Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, and Pixelmator, is the Gradient tool, a wonderfully useful painting tool that lets you create a ...

Photoshop's Motion Blur can be used to add some speed to a moving vehicle. Here we use the Gradient tool on a layer mask to recreate a Cokin Speed filter effect.