http://www.sundogoutfitters.com/

[mispiggy]

Can anyone tell me how this color area on the left was created? I'm new to photoshop 6.0 and can't figure out how they did it.

www.sundogoutfitters.com

Thank you kindly, [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif[/img]

[This message was edited by Mark (theKeeper) on January 23, 2002 at 23:36.]

[mispiggy]

Can anyone tell me how this color area on the left was created? I'm new to photoshop 6.0 and can't figure out how they did it.

www.sundogoutfitters.com

Thank you kindly, [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif[/img]

[This message was edited by Mark (theKeeper) on January 23, 2002 at 23:36.]

[Mark (theKeeper)]

MP...

Wasn't sure what you're referring to here => "...color area on the left".

Coloured area on what left? Where?

Until i saw the "subject" line again. So i added that url into your message bosy, and that automatically made it a link; so people could click on it. Do that from now on - and you can do that on ANY Web board... they all create links from full url that are typed out. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif[/img]

Anywho, your question...

Use the Gradient tool for that effect.
In the Toolbar, you'll see, just below center right, either a gradient looking icon image, or a paint bucket icon image. If you see the paint bucket, press and hold your mouse down for a second, and the Gradient tool will popout in a small menu. When it does, click on it to choose that tool.

Note too that a lot of the tools in the Toolbar function like this. It helps keep the toolbar small for us. Tools that are 'grouped' together in this way will have a very small arrowhead in the bottom-right corner of their icon image in the toolbar.

HINT: so you know... if you were to open the PS Help Files, and search the term "gradient tool", you will get a page showing the icon image for the tool, and it's short-cut key combo, and other pertinent info about that specific tool. This works also for any other tool in PS.

That help?

[This message was edited by Mark (theKeeper) on January 23, 2002 at 23:44.]