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Part 5: Saving custom gradient sets

I have gone ahead and followed the steps outlined previously to make a couple more custom gradients. I want to save them as a set. The gradients outlined in red are new, and the ones I want to keep. We need to get rid of the others.

Right click (Mac users Control + Click to get the context menu) on the first gradient in the upper left corner, and choose Delete Gradient. The gradient is deleted from the presets.

Repeat this for all of the gradient presets you want to get rid of. They are being deleted from the default file, so the next step is to save the file under another name. This is what I have left.

Now click the Save button, and you can choose a new name for the gradient set. I named these fruit_gradients.GRD. Click  Save at the bottom of the dialog and you now have a new set of gradients presets. Click OK to exit the Gradient Editor. They can now be loaded as we did before.

If you wish, you can download the fruit gradients here. They will work in Photoshop 7 and PS, and Elements 2. (They may work in Elements 1 and lower versions of Photoshop, but I have not tested them as I don't have them installed on this machine.)

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