: How to make a symmetric gradient in GIMP? I want to make a simple gradient in GIMP. The left edge and right edge should be white, the middle 100% transparent. The rate of change shouldn't
I want to make a simple gradient in GIMP. The left edge and right edge should be white, the middle 100% transparent. The rate of change shouldn't be linear, I want the transparent part to be much wider than the left and right parts, giving the impression of the edges of the picture fading away when placed on a white background.
I went into the Gradient editor, but couldn't figure out how to use it. I could only add new segments by replicating existing ones, and then changing the endpoint colors at one of them also changed the colors of all other replicas.
I also tried opening copies of existing multi-color gradients for editing, such as Abstract 2, but I couldn't figure out how they are made. Whichever segment I selected, the context menu insisted that the end points are red and magenta, even when I was in the middle of a segment transitioning from sandy yellow to green.
I tried looking into the documentation, but if the solution is in there, I didn't find it.
Any ideas how I'm supposed to use the editor to get my gradient?
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Custom Gradients in Gimp
Designing our custom gradients in Gimp (2.8) can be done from the gradients menu (CtrlG).
Here are steps to create a gradient with center transparent, white left, white right sides:
Create a new gradient
Choose actions from the right click context menu:
Select Left Endpoint's Color white and Right Endpoint's Color transparent:
Select Replicate Segment... - choose 2:
Mark the right segment as active with a mouse click on the bottom bar:
Select Flip Segment for Symmetry:
Define Blending Function for Segment:
left Spherical (increasing)
right Spherical (decreasing)
or any other setting to meet your needs.
Adjust segment handles (bottom triangles) with mouse until distribution as desired:
Give the gradient a sensible name (default Unitled), save, and done.
Of course other actions on the context menu list will help us to create those gradients we need.
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