Maybe an unusual question

[jacarn]

Hi everyone,

I've been playing around with the gradient map tool, and love the randomize and noise option to give me nice looking gradients for my images.... my question is, is there a way to "extract" or "split" the colors of the randomized map into its separate colors as if I was creating them manually with the "solid" option?

Thanx for any advice!

 

[Steve]

Sorry, I don't understand the question.

 

[jacarn]

Hi Steve thanks for replying.

Maybe I should clarify my question better...
Please see the two screenshots of the gradient map dialog box. Pardon the crude arrows.
What I want to do is convert (for lack of a better word) the noise-generated gradient (noise.jpg) to its equivalent solid-generated gradient (solid.jpg).

 

[jacarn]

OK I think I found a solution, but it is the long way....
I took a screenshot of the open gradient map dialog box, and extracted only the gradient itself from that. I created a new file the same size as the extracted gradient, which obviously is very small, and converted it to indexed mode. Then I saved the color table of this image. Then I went back to the image I wanted to use this gradient in. I selected "Load Color Table" from the swatches tab which added all the colors found in the gradient as color swatches. At last I created a new gradient in solid mode and used the eye dropper tool on the newly imported swatches to build my gradient.... Phew!