Jon has been an author at Android Police since 2021. He primarily writes features and editorials covering the latest Android news, but occasionally reviews hardware and Android apps. His favorite ...

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 ...

It’s fairly easy to blend two images in GIMP. All you have to do is: Open the two Images in GIMP. Blend the images using layer opacity/blend mode/layer mask. Export the resultant image as JPEG/PNG.

In Adobe Illustrator, if you want to make one object or group gradually fade to reveal the object underneath, you can use a fade mask. Through the use of the "Transparent" and "Gradient" panels, you ...

Welcome to this tutorial on exploring new gradient features in Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2018. In an earlier tutorial, we showed you some ways of adding gradients and effects with After Effects and ...

Placing transparent text on an image is a great way to enhance photos for magazines, calendars, postcards, and much more. It allows the text to be seen on the image without the text blocking any of ...

I'm always on the lookout for free photo apps that do a good job, and Gradients for the iPad or iPhone (free, universal) fits the bill. The app lets you add gradients to existing photos with almost ...

I've been using GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Project) since its initial release (back in 1998), and it has served me very well. Thankfully, the app hasn't leaped into artificial intelligence (as I don ...

Cody has been writing with Android Police for ten years. While best known for the hundreds of APK Teardowns and breaking news on many of Google’s new products and services, he also covers deeper ...