Gradient Tool¶
The Gradient tool is found in the Tools Panel. Left-Click dragging this tool over the active portion of the canvas will draw out the current gradient. If there is an active selection then, similar to the Fill Tool, the paint action will be confined to the selection’s borders.
Tool Options¶
- Shape:
- Linear
This will draw a straight gradient.
- Bilinear
This will draw a straight gradient, mirrored along the axis.
- Radial
This will draw the gradient from a center, defined by where you start the stroke.
- Square
This will draw the gradient from a center in a square shape, defined by where you start the stroke.
- Conical
This will wrap the gradient around a center, defined by where you start the stroke.
- Conical-symmetric
This will wrap the gradient around a center, defined by where you start the stroke, but will mirror the wrap once.
- Spiral
This will draw the gradient spiral from a center, defined by where you start the stroke.
- Reverse Spiral
This will draw the gradient spiral from a center, defined by where you start the stroke, but direction is flipped perpendicular to the direction of stroke.
- Shaped
This will shape the gradient depending on the selection or layer.
- Repeat:
- None
This will extend the gradient into infinity.
- Forward
This will repeat the gradient into one direction.
- Alternating
This will repeat the gradient, alternating the normal direction and the reversed.
- Antialias threshold
Controls how smooth is the border between repetitions.
A value equal to 0 means there is no smoothing. The border is aliased.
A value greater than 0 tells Krita how many pixels to each side of the border should be smoothed.
- Reverse
Reverses the direction of the gradient.
- Dither
Neu in Version 5.0.
8 bits of color depth is not enough depth to make a truly smooth gradient. This option alleviates this by adding blue noise style dithering to gradients in 8 bit.