I have designer pro x 17. I've been trying learn how to utiize all the features of gradients. As far as for photos, after looking at a few posts, I finally decided to really go thru the photo filter presets in design gallery. There is an overlay section with gradients. I think the photo of the lady that shows the effect doesn't portray the effects very well in the thumbnail. I imported a photo of a cats face with real big eyes from content catalog. Then started applying the gradients. Very amazing effects! You can keep apply in them on top of each other too. As well as the other preset photo effects. I now have one amazing looking cat face! The FX tool allows a lot of photo options too.