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Image Composer Tips - Gradient Tricks
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1. Click on the Stubby's Gator Farm sprite to enable it. Then click the Effects tool button. (Pictured far left below).  The Effects Tool Box opens. Click the arrow on the Category drop down box (middle picture below) and choose All Effects. Then scroll through the list of effects until you find Gradient (Square). Click the Gradient (Square) icon as indicated below. Notice a dark line around the Gradient (Square) effect when enabled.

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2. Click the Details tab of the Gradient (Square) Effect. The Gradient (Square) Effect Details dialog box appears. Click on the bottom left hand small square as indicated in the diagram below where the arrow points from Pick Color.

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3. The Color Picker dialog box appears. Make sure the True Color tab is enabled. Then go to the color sliders located on the right middle of the Color Picker dialog box. Here you may enter your numbers in the spaces provided, (RGB values), or click on the sliders and drag to the desired numbers. Either way works fine. Enter the following RGB values, R:255, G:102, B:102. Click OK.

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4. Click on the bottom right hand small square. The Color Picker dialog box appears. Enter the following RGB values, R: 247, G:133, B:133 in the boxes as described in step three (3). Those values should give you a lighter shade of red in the bottom right hand corner of the gradient. (See left hand diagram below). Click OK.

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5. Click on the top left hand small square.  (See diagram on the left below). The Color Picker dialog box appears. Enter the following RGB values, R: 214, G: 218, B: 210 in the boxes described in detail in step three (3). (See right hand diagram below). Click OK.

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6. With only one more gradient corner to go, click the top right hand small square. (See diagram on the left below). The Color Picker dialog box appears. Enter the RGB values, R: 219, G: 223, B: 215 in the boxes described in detail in step three (3). (See right hand diagram below).  Click OK.

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7. You're officially done with the gradient. You could have used the eyedropper tool to get your last greenish color as well by clicking on the top left hand small square. Then click the Eyedropper tool and then click on the top left hand small square of the gradient. The Eyedropper tool does not pick an exact RGB value, but it is close. The RGB values that you entered in step six were picked with the Eyedropper tool in the way described). Notice the numbers aren't the exact ones entered in the top left small square.

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8. Keep your finished gradient sprite on your work area. You will need it for other Image Composer tutorials.

Hint: The Effects tools are alphabetized for user's convenience.

Tool Tip: You can pick any color that is on your desktop, click on it, and it will show the RGB values in the Color Picker Dialog box when you have the Eyedropper tool enabled.

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