Using gradients, a progression of color that goes seamlessly from one shade to the next, can be an ideal way to dress up a background or add a jolt of color to a logo, avatar or other image file.

Make posters and invitations with more eye-catching designs by setting color, gradients, or images as your document background in Pages. It’s a super-simple trick that can make a big difference. Find ...

In Adobe After Effects, you can define complex color effects such as gradients by adjusting colors and opacity levels to your liking, and then applying them to shapes in your animations. You define ...

Major browsers support CSS3 gradients (including Internet Explorer 10), but with different rendering engines, it's still good to have fallbacks. Designing the presentation layer of an HTML5 ...

Done right, gradient colors offer flexibility and creative freedom beyond standard color adjustments. Here's a creative way to make them in Photoshop. Coming to you from Aaron Nace with Phlearn, this ...

It’s easy to turn an Excel chart into a visually compelling object. Susan Harkins walks through the steps for jazzing up data points with a simple formatting trick. Excel charts don’t have to be ...

When retouching, it is not rare to come across color problems on a model’s skin. Whether it is from a sun tan, dodge & burn, spots or skin discoloration issues, it can be really painful to treat it in ...