Gradient changes on mouse release

[Andy Mo]

I am drawing a new radial gradient on a blank pixel layer.  When I adjust the gradient size handles by dragging my mouse, the gradient draws correctly.  However when I release the mouse, the resulting gradient changes to ... something different.

Image 1 is a screen capture while still holding the mouse and dragging the size handle.  Notice the gradient is nice and circular.

 

Image 2 is a screen capture right after I release the mouse button.  Notice it is very different !

 

any ideas ?

[PeteMacca]

Hi @Andy Mo,

I had something kinda similar happen with patch & inpainting. Weird results.

For me, it was caused by an incompatible graphics driver. Once I turned Hardware Acceleration (OpenCL) off, everything behaved as normal.

> Edit > Preferences > Performance

[Chris B]

Hey Andy Mo,

I cannot reproduce this - any chance you can do a screen recording with the UI visible?

 

[Old Bruce]

Not sure but this seems wrong, dotted line and not at 90 degrees.

[Andy Mo]

I can't change the angle of those two lines.  The tool seems very cumbersome, especially since the colour picker only shows 1 of the colours at a time, so you are always clicking on small objects (dangerous because you could deselect it and then lose editing ability)

I'll try for the screen record .. 

[Andy Mo]

Actually - Old Bruce pointed out something to me.  Why are there two lines when using RADIAL ? (I am NOT using ELLIPTICAL). Flipping between the two did not change.  Sorry i didn't notice that before, but I am new to this tool.

[Lem3]

You only get the second, dotted line when you shear an object that has had a gradient applied to it.  You definitely should post a screen recording of your process.

[Old Bruce]

1 hour ago, Andy Mo said:

Actually - Old Bruce pointed out something to me.  Why are there two lines when using RADIAL ? (I am NOT using ELLIPTICAL). Flipping between the two did not change.  Sorry i didn't notice that before, but I am new to this tool.

Double click on the black dot in the screenshot I posted and the dotted line will collapse back. This is cause by what Lem3 posted. 

[Andy Mo]

Wow - this was fun.

• Fresh start of Photo with OpenGL off.
• Drew Linear gradient - you can see the incorrect snap
• went to Radial gradient - you can see it looks eliptical/wrong
• went back to Linear - not sure what that is!  a shear ?

 

 

 

2021-09-03 13-36-30.mkv

Edited September 3, 2021 by Andy Mo
attached incorrect video

[Lem3]

It may be just an issue with your recording, but I don't see any use of a radial gradient: the "Type" in the tool bar begins and ends set to Linear.  This recording shows what I get when I follow your steps. 

[Andy Mo]

sorry - clicked on wrong video ... 

2021-09-03 13-36-30.mkv

[Lem3]

Try it with a new pixel layer in a new document.

[Andy Mo]

New pixel layer in new document - works fine

New pixel layer in current document - same issue.

The current document was converted from a PSD IIRC, so maybe that is the source of the issue ?

[Lem3]

There are demons that lurk within the PSD forest.

Instead of using a new pixel layer, what happens if you use a new Fill Layer?

[Old Bruce]

13 minutes ago, Lem3 said:

There are demons that lurk within the PSD forest.

So many problems that are reported turn out to be from importing other software's files or exported 'common' formats. 

[Andy Mo]

16 hours ago, Lem3 said:

There are demons that lurk within the PSD forest.

Instead of using a new pixel layer, what happens if you use a new Fill Layer?

That seems to work fine.  Thanks for everyone's contributions.

[MEB]

Hi @Andy Mo,
Do you mind attaching the file where you can reproduce the behaviour please? I can provide an upload link if you wish to keep the file private -just let me know.
Thank you.

[Andy Mo]

Hi @MEB,

 

Here it is.

vert backgrounder.afphoto

[MEB]

Thanks for the file. This is happening with this layer because it was stretched vertically. Select the layer, switch to the Move Tool and check the dpi on the top left corner of the app's interface - notice the dpi - 72x276. A non-stretched layer has the same dpi for both dimensions (horizontal/vertical) and when the values match we only display the value once (i.e 72). That's why it works with new layers (they weren't stretched/have the same dpi in this case 72 which is this document's dpi).