Adding Gradient

[Sue Morris]

I thought I would ask this here rather than in the new class as it is a general question that I probably should have worked out a long time ago-- when you are masking Russell's rock image you masked the rock first then added a gradient to the mask for the sky-- when I add the gradient I lose the rock masking and I have looked all over the screen for an additive mode but I can't seem to find it. I have tried to add gradients like this before or multiple gradients but have always ended up adding multiple layers to do this. 

[Damien Symonds]

In the Options Bar, you have to make sure your gradient is set to "Foreground to Transparent" not "Foreground to Background".

[Sue Morris]

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

And of course that makes perfect sense in hindsight.

 

[Sue Morris]

Why can't I remember this -- stared at PS for 10 mins trying to remember what to change then had to search for this thread.