![]() How to Create a Pastel Gradient Background in Photoshop How to Create a Pastel Gradient in Photoshopįollow along with us over on our Envato Tuts+ YouTube channel. That's how you get an amazing gradient wallpaper background with the mesh tool. Enter the settings shown in the following image and then click OK. With that black fill still selected, go to Effect > Sketch > Reticulation. Select it and set the color to black ( R=0 G=0 B=0), and then lower its Opacity to 70% and change the Blending Mode to Overlay. Make sure that your group stays selected, open the Appearance panel ( Window > Appearance), and add a new fill using the Add New Fill button. Select it and press Control-G to Group it. Pick the Anchor Point Tool ( Shift-C) when you want to drag a mesh point handle independently or when you want to click a mesh point and drag new handles. To adjust the position of a mesh point or a mesh point handle, simply click and drag it using the Direct Selection Tool (A). Switch to the Direct Selection Tool (A), select the mesh points highlighted in the second image, and change the color to R=235 G=240 B=168. ![]() With your mesh and the Mesh Tool (U) still selected, add a new point as shown in the first image. Then select the middle mesh points and change the color to R=252 G=128 B=180. ![]() Select the rightmost mesh points and set the color to R=253 G=225 B=186. Switch to the Direct Selection Tool (A) to select the leftmost mesh points and change the color to R=107 G=245 B=202. Now you can easily select these mesh points and change their colors as you wish. Pick the Mesh Tool (U) from your toolbar and click in the center of your selection to turn your shape into a mesh. Step 6Īnother way of creating a pastel gradient wallpaper is by using a mesh.Ĭreate a rectangle that covers your entire artboard and make sure that it stays selected. Simply click and drag a color stop to change its location. Select the bottom left color stop, and increase the Spread to 100%. This value can also be adjusted from the Gradient panel. Using the circular area around the color stop, you can increase or decrease the spread of that color. You can always add a new color stop with a simple click, or you can delete a selected color stop. Select the color stops one by one and adjust the colors as shown below. ![]() Illustrator will add four color stops to your rectangle. You can easily apply one using the button from the Gradient panel. The third type of gradient that you can use to create a pastel aesthetic background is a freeform gradient. Pick the Gradient Tool (G) to adjust the size of this gradient and use that black dot handle to squeeze or stretch the gradient as you wish. The second type of gradient that you can use to create a pastel aesthetic wallpaper gradient is radial. You can set the angle of this pastel pink gradient background from the Gradient panel, or you can select the Gradient Tool (G) from your toolbar and adjust the angle of the gradient directly on the shape. Simply click on the gradient bar to add a third gradient color, set the Location to 50%, and change the color to R=244 G=145 B=220. Make sure that your rectangle is selected, open the Gradient panel ( Window > Gradient), and click the gradient thumbnail to apply the default black to white linear gradient.ĭouble-click the left gradient color and change it to R=131 G=132 B=240, and then double-click the right gradient color and change it to R=251 G=231 B=185. Let's start with the most basic method that you can use to create a pastel aesthetic background. ![]()
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