Gradient Map

Recolour your image by mapping brightness to a colour gradient. Dark areas get one colour, bright areas get another.

Written By Massimo Albanese

Last updated About 4 hours ago

Recolour your image by mapping brightness to a colour gradient. Dark areas get one colour, bright areas get another.

How it works

Map dark pixels to the start of a gradient and bright pixels to its end. Edit color stops, interpolation, and opacity. Animate the gradient offset for moving color.

Location

Image Adjustments / Gradient Map

Controls

Select the layer to edit Gradient Map in the Effect Panel. Open Parameters below for individual controls.

Actions

Double-click a control label to reset it. Use its function button to add keyframes or a driver.

Parameters

Control	What it does	Default	Range	Nudge	Animation
Alpha Mode	Alpha Mode setting for this effect.	opacity	Panel-defined	Continuous	Panel-dependent
Color Space	Chooses the color space used by this effect.	oklab	Panel-defined	Continuous	Panel-dependent
Cycles	Cycles setting for this effect.	1	1 to 16	0.1	Continuous keyframes
Loop Mode	Loop Mode setting for this effect.	none	Panel-defined	Continuous	Panel-dependent
Offset	Offset setting for this effect.	0	0 to 1	0.01	Continuous keyframes
Preset	Preset setting for this effect.	cyanotype	Panel-defined	Continuous	Panel-dependent
Smoothing	Controls how softly the smoothing transitions.	1	0 to 1	0.01	Continuous keyframes
Stops	Stops setting for this effect.	None	Panel-defined	Continuous	Panel-dependent
Strength	Sets how strongly this effect is blended with the source image.	1	0 to 1	0.01	Continuous keyframes

madphase 1.4.0

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