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Gradient / gradation

gradient / gradation
as to Photoshop, both those terms are quite often seen, but I could hardly see a definitive difference with their usages there.
http://www.mediacollege.com/graphics/photoshop/transparent/gradient.html

http://www.beckhamdigital.co.uk/onlinetuts/atmosphere/atmosphere.htm

I wonder if they're completely interchangeable.
But usual english dictionaries define them differently.
Are they the same in meaning at least in Photoshop?

What do you think?
  

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[nq:1]gradient / gradation as to Photoshop, both those terms are quite often seen, but I could hardly see a definitive ... they're completely interchangeable. But usual english dictionaries define them differently.

  • [nq:1]gradient / gradation as to Photoshop, both those terms are quite often seen, but I could hardly see a definitive ...
  • they're completely interchangeable.
  • But usual english dictionaries define them differently.
  • [/nq] No, they're not the same.
  • "Gradation" is the effect desired and produced, "gradient" is the specific degree to which it is applied.
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[nq:1]gradient / gradation as to Photoshop, both those terms are quite often seen, but I could hardly see a definitive ... they're completely interchangeable. But usual english dictionaries define them differently. Are they the same in meaning at least in Photoshop?[/nq]
No, they're not the same. "Gradation" is the effect desired and produced, "gradient" is the specific degree to which it is a
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gradient / gradation
as to Photoshop, both those terms are quite often seen, but I could hardly see a definitive difference with their usages there.

http://www.mediacollege.com/graphics/photoshop/transparent/gradient.html

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