Using gradients, a progression of color that goes seamlessly from one shade to the next, can be an ideal way to dress up a background or add a jolt of color to a logo, avatar or other image file.

Sure you can create plain solid-colored text in the Gnu Image Manipulation Program, but sometimes your text needs a little more pizzazz. Whether you're creating a large logo, a small button or ...

Gradients provide a way to blend multiple colors together to enhance text, shapes or canvases. Silverlight provides excellent support for working with different types of gradients and allows colors to ...

In designing, keeping things uniform can make the work neat. When the gradient, does not follow the direction of the warp, it can make the design look less attractive. This is not the case with all ...

Few would deny the classic beauty of a grayscale (black and white) photo. Many ordinary pictures can be rendered more elegant simply by removing their colors, but none more so than portraits. Amidst ...

Two years ago in our MacStories Weekly newsletter for Club MacStories members, I shared a shortcut that enabled creating wallpapers for iPhone and iPad featuring solid colors or gradients of your ...