Genius! This is exactly what I needed to know about this topic. Great presentation and delivery of information! Thanks for sharing

You are my hero ! I've been searching the internet and KZfaq for half an hour/1h for the difference between those, and there you are ! I am french, so I searched in french first, then english ! Your video is short (my favorite !) AND very pedagogue ! It makes perfect sense now, the gradient tool / fill tool reminds me of the gradient tool in Lightroom ! And since then, if anyone comes here starting today : the gradient fill doesn't work like that anymore, on Photoshop 2023. I found it via Layers - New fill layers - Gradient. Hope it helps !

The using the gradient tool on a gradient layer just blew my mind

This is a super helpful video. I’m just used learning to use gradients, and it really helped me to see the distinction between the gradient tool, the gradient adjustment layer, and the gradient map. I would also love to see this video updated to the latest version of Photoshop since there were some changes in 2023. Thanks as always for your fabulous education.

I like how you are thorough in every aspect whenever you explain.

Awesome tutorial -- completely demystifies gradients!

Quite literally one of the best explanations of gradient you gave here. Amazing!!!

Hands down the best photoshop tutorials on youtube.

Rewatching old videos. This is a good one. I got a chuckle around 2:30 when you state diamond and reflected gradients are pretty much worthless (unless working with text) and that somebody on KZfaq will try to prove you wrong ... that person is Future Blake (something like 3-4 years later)! I recently watched the outstanding "Transform any photo with the diamond gradient" and "The Amazing Reflected Gradient" videos. Just goes to show we are all always improving and finding new ways to utilize the powerful tools. Keep up the good work, Blake. :)

I prefer using the B/W Gradient Map adjustment layer to make B/W conversions. On occasion, I will add a B/W adjustment layer below the B/W Gradient Map set to luminosity to change the tones in the conversion. Thank you for all of your excellent tutorials.

Thank you so much for this one. You have no idea how i frustrate to do this kind of effect on my project earlier. I have the idea on my mind how my project looks like, i just dont know how to do and you just help me on this tutorial. Godbless you my friend.❤

How useful your tutorials are ! Thank you ever so much !

Great video, Blake. I think this may be an underrated video perhaps compared to your others (Blend ifs come to mind!) but the importance of these tools, and when to use them, is highly informative and you did a wonderful job of presenting. I think the gradient tools may be overlooked sometimes and this video serves as a reminder as to how powerful they can be to really change the look of one of your images dramatically with just a few clicks.

Awesome video! Super helpful. Thanks so much! I watch one video each morning to improve my technical skills. You are one of the most articulate teachers I've seen on YT.

Thank you so much Blake! Awesome information!

Another great no-nonse video Blake! Great explanation. Coincidentally I saw the other one about the diamond gradient first, so the intro of this one made me chuckle ;-)

Your videos are outstanding! Thanks so much for explaining this so well. One of the best photoshop video tutorial channels on you tube

Fast forward to 2020 and you have changed your mind about diamond gradient. Still experimenting and learning.

Thank you very much. Now I can use this gradient map effectively. Thos is powerful trick for color grading. Almost everyday I watch your tutorials and learn something different. Regards.

Another fabulous tutorial with clear and concise explanations of everything that you are doing in the video! Keep up the great work!

Some time ago I was shown how to use the quick mask with gradient (or brush.) So I select the area to apply the gradient and then chose whatever adjustment I want (levels usually.). Then I can apply that adjustment to the gradient and modify it with brushes, blend if, and opacity sliders. Very fast and efficient way to add a gradient.

Very good and useful! Straight to the point, showed options and variations, gave food for thought. Very nice!

Concise relevant. Just the facts. Thank you.

great tutorial. Very clear in distinguishing the difference between gradients and gradient map along with useful examples. Thanks for the recapping as well.

Absolutely top-notch tutorial Blake...! Now I understand....👍🏻

Congrats. Extremely clear and direct to the point !

Really interesting stuff. I have never thought about using gradients for this stuff. But on the other hand, I hadn't thought about using blend if in sharpening until I saw your videos about it. Keep it up!!

Great detail explanation - thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge. Very helpful!

Great tutorial! Thank you for sharing these tips and trick with us! I personally did almost 100% of my photo editing in Lightroom so far but now I am starting to discover how much I could improve my images further. Thanks again for the great advice.

I Learned lot from this. Tank you so much

Excellent my friend as usual

This is a very good tutorial. You explained the tools very well. Now to practice!

Thanks! Thanks to you, I finally am getting my head around gradient everything.

Clear and concise tutorial. Very helpful, THANKS!

Nailed it. Thanks for this!

Well done... thorough and concise.. perfect!

Great tutorial. Thanks . Always your explain things in clear way .

Thus explanation of gradient tool, adjustment, and map is infinitely fantastic. I understand gradients much better.

Learnt a lot on gradient from this video .. thank u very much.

very professional video man thank u!

Excellent Tute, Blake! Thank you.

Great explanation ! Can;t wait to try this out.

Very well explained!

This is excellent. Thank you!

Wow you truly are talented at this, great explanation, super helpful!

I enjoy your videos and they are really interesting and easy to understand, this one is also really great tutorial and clear explanation of Gradient tool, fill and map and their usage. I would appreciate any highlight on Color Lookup and creating our own 3DLUT file. Thanks! for all your effort!! :)

As usual, extremely helpful. Many thanks.

You just explained it to me beautifully. Thanks.

This was an amazing explanation!!! Thank you!!!!

Great tutorial, extremely helpful. Thanks

Thank you, Blake.

2017: "Diamond Gradient is worthless unless you are working with text" 2020: "Diamond Gradient is my favourite Gradient for landscape photography"

Well done!

Thank you!

Very helpful thank you

Great tutorial...

A very nice lesson.. I want you to explain how to harmonize colors in a design that has more than one layer

Now I have my toolbar set up the way I wanted it too.

Your tuts give my imagination help thank you

Thanks!

Thanks

Good stuff Blake!

Very good as usual :) Thank you.

That was a very useful video, thanks.

Thanks, very easy to understand.

Thanks so much! I always had them confused!

Thanks for the video!! this is super helpful

You are something else!

Awesome video. Tnx 😊

Thanks to upload this tutorial.. its very helpful for me :)

Thank you

You r the best

Thanks mate, that was great

I still don’t understand why I would use a gradient map or a gradient on my photos. Could you show us some examples on the practical use of these tools?

Finally.... Thankyou. I had no idea what to use and why. Am trying to learn PS after years of using LR. I did watch a video ( and sadly did not book mark it... so cannot find it) using channels and Gradients for landscapes.... Black and white. Would it be worthwhile you doing a tutorial on it????? I also live in South Africa and I cannot afford to pay dollars with the exchange rate with what it is at the moment.

GREAT tutorial...except the problem I am having, when I click to get gradiant fill, I get no colours in thumbnails like all the tutorials I am seeing....I followed intently but a lot of what you did doesn't work...My image didn't turn to black and white when I pressed D..

Hi Sir Good day, May I ask the links of your courses in photoshop regarding all the tools like, blend mode, adjustment layer, brush, Filters etc... I want to have a strong foundation and I think you can help me Thank you.

Genious

Thanks Blake, now I am a gradient graduate...

Thank you!!

Great coach for the gradients! I got a question in my photoshop for the gradient map- when I edit the gradient map and try to change the color and opacity, i realised the opacity boxes(normally on the top the color boxes) are gone?? this only happen to the gradient map?? wondering if you know what happened? thanks a lot in advance!

Hello, may I ask how to tidy the new gradient in gradient map? Example: I create a new gradient and it's default at bottom, I wanna move this gradient to middle.

Great. But how to use Gradient Fill layer as a mask, for example, for Cureves adj. layer?

thanks a lot, brother it helps a lot.

Please make more videos abour photoshop this is amazing

thank you so much 😊

I like how you can move the gradient when using the "Fill" option. Wish you could use that as a mask for combing images. Being able to just move it, instead of having to draw the gradient over and over to get your blend right. Any idea? (sorry sounds confusing)

Thank you so much that very useful but I did not have a lot of colors like yours just only 16 colors only how can I get more colors like yours ?

LOL@YOU SAYIN' THAT YOU'RE PRETTY SURE THAT SOMEBODY ON KZfaq IS gOIN' TO DISAgREE. KEEP UP THE gOODWORK.

Thanks so much for this helpful tutorial! Quick question, does the gradient map have the "radial" version like the one in gradient tool? I can't seem to find it for some reason so just wondering if it even exists. Thank you!

nice

Its starting to sink in. meaning I got to go practice this. P.S...Like the comment about somebody proving you wrong on the diamond gradient.

"reflected gradient almost worthless..." hmm