Making an ACTUAL circular gradient ??

[Biklops]

Like so? Where the gradient "follows" the curve? The only thing I can think of is Illustrator's Blend function, but that wouldn't work very well on say a squiggly line. Anyone?

[squeegeethree]

can you do a blend in a long strip and bend it into a circle. Sorry I only know the PS way.

[John Boys]

Use a gradient mesh. It can take a bit to get it right, but you can do it.

[Biklops]

Yeah, I was thinking about the gradient mesh--I use it allot, but I want a more "sterile" way of doing it, if that makes sense. I like the little sliders for quickly moving your values around like in the gradient dialog box. Moving gradient mesh points around is a bitch!

[the hipoisie]

You can do it with blends. Draw some color-filled rectangles vaguely in a circle. I think you'll actually need two sets of them or the blend will go crazy, so duplicate them in your layers. Then blend together two at a time around the circle. Draw your donut and use it ask a mask over the blends.

[frank000]

If you want to do it in Photoshop, you can create a new square document, make a selection the full width of the document and maybe 40px tall, then fill it with the rainbow gradient. Then do a polar coordinates distort filter.

[HomeBrewed]

you can add a linear gradient to a long rectangle, then Effect>Warp>Arc 100%. That will give you a semi-circle. You'd just have to copy and change the arc to -100%, and make sure the beginning and end colors are the same. presto.

edit- nevermind, that doesn't bend the gradient only the shape

[JohnnyJack]

I believe this was answered in this forum.
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[Biklops]

woop woop! Great ideas! Life just got easier.

[HomeBrewed]

The End Of Magic: Gradient Following a Path

by creating a brush out of a blend I did this: