Paint Shop Pro Gradients

Most of the gradients we use for our projects are created on the fly, however the ones we seem to use the most we saved as custom gradients.

We hope you'll be able to put them to good use in your own projects as well. There great for creating buttons, adding shadows and highlights, or just helping to add dimension to some of your pre-existing images.

Within each of the gradient sections listed below, you may download all of gradients in one file, or download only the gradients that you want individually.

Metallic & Plastic Style Gradients

Download Pack Size: 7.70 KB	Molten Lava Size: 402 bytes	3D Smiley Size: 335 bytes	Black Shadow Size: 330 bytes
Black Shadow Edge Size: 365 bytes	Blu Steel Size: 330 bytes	Chrome Base Size: 328 bytes	Chrome Shine Size: 339 bytes
Chrome White Size: 334 bytes	Claw Size: 339 bytes	Host 1 Size: 340 bytes	Host 2 Size: 340 bytes
Host 3 Size: 339 bytes	iKat Size: 333 bytes	iKat Radial Size: 338 bytes	Ldby Glass Size: 177 bytes

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Skin Tone Gradients

Download Pack Size: 5.97 KB	Skin Tone 02 Size: 338 bytes	Skin Tone 03 Size: 338 bytes	Skin Tone 04 Size: 338 bytes
Skin Tone 05 Size: 338 bytes	Skin Tone 06 Size: 338 bytes	Skin Tone 07 Size: 337 bytes	Skin Tone 08 Size: 337 bytes
Skin Tone 09 Size: 337 bytes	Skin Tone 10 Size: 337 bytes	Skin Tone 11 Size: 337 bytes	Skin Tone 12 Size: 337 bytes
Skin Tone 13 Size: 337 bytes	Skin Tone 14 Size: 337 bytes	Skin Tone 15 Size: 338 bytes	Skin Tone 16 Size: 338 bytes

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Miscellanous Gradients

Download Pack Size: 10.4 KB	Aztec Copper Size: 389 bytes	Aztec Gold Size: 383 bytes	Beige Size: 370 bytes
Black Size: 365 bytes	Black Cherry Size: 385 bytes	Blue Size: 365 bytes	Brown Size: 364 bytes
Citrus Size: 370 bytes	Copper Size: 368 bytes	Dark Blue Size: 379 bytes	Dark Green Size: 378 bytes
Dove Grey Size: 377 bytes	Duranodic Bronze Size: 395 bytes	Emerald Green Size: 389 bytes	Federal Green Size: 389 bytes

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Importing Gradients

Here's how to import gradients in the .GRD format which is the most common used in other applications:

1. On the Materials palette, click on either the Foreground or Background color and select the Gradient tab.
2. Click the Edit... button.
3. Click the Import... button.
4. Select the folder containing the gradient you want to import. You should see all of the .GRD files listed.
5. Select the gradient’s file name and click on the Import button.
6. Click Close.
7. Click OK.

The gradient is now ready to use.

Exporting Gradients

Although Paint Shop Pro’s default gradients are stored in the .PspGradient format, you export the gradients as .GRD format, which is the most commonly used in other applications.

1. On the Materials palette, click on either the Foreground or Background color and select the Gradient tab.
2. Selected the gradient to export.
3. Click the Edit... button.
4. Click the Export button.
5. Select a folder to save the gradient.
6. In the File name edit box, type a name for the new gradient.
7. Click the Export button.

To Rename a Gradient

1. On the Materials palette, click on either the Foreground or Background color and select the Gradient tab.
2. Click the Edit... button.
3. Click the Rename button. This displays the Rename Gradient dialog box.
4. Type the new name
5. Click OK.

To Delete a Gradient

1. On the Materials palette, click on either the Foreground or Background color and select the Gradient tab.
2. Click the Edit... button.
3. Click the Delete button. You'll see a message asking to confirm the deletion.
4. Click Yes.

Quick Help and Faq's

• Q. How can I restore Paint Shop Pro’s default gradients?
• A. You will need to do a custom installation to reinstall the gradients from the Paint Shop Pro cd.



• Q. Windows XP cannot "see" the files within the zip file, they appears empty and Windows XP can't extract these files either.
• A. The compressed files were created with Winzip 9.x, using an encryption and compression scheme that isn't compatible with other older archiving programs, including previous versions of Winzip. You may wish to try:
  • Installing another zip program onto your computer.
  • Installing a newer version of WinZip


• Q. I can't download the files from this site. When I click the image or download link, the screen pops up, then immediately disappears. Why won't the files download?
• A. You're probably using Windows XP, which has default settings that prevent you from downloading documents automatically. The only way around this problem is to disable XP's default browser settings and allow it to automatically download documents:
  • In your IE browser, click Tools | Internet Options
  • Go to the Security tab, then click the Custom Level button.
  • Under the Downloads section of the list, look for Automatic prompting for file downloads and click Enable.
  • Click OK.

Obligatory Warning! Users downloading and using Loadboy's Custom Paint Shop Pro Gradients do so entirely at their own risk. Loadboy.com cannot be held liable or responsible in any way for any issues arising from the use of these Custom Paint Shop Pro Gradients.