Hiii!!! I'm very curious, what app do you use to get the color gradient for your titles?? I NEEEEED to know :3
Hi, my dear! Of course, I'll gladly answer your inquiry. I don't use apps for my posts' set-ups per se, as doing text gradients is only possible on PC (or at least in desktop mode on your mobile, I think—I use my laptop for pretty much everything, so I'm not sure).
TUTORIAL DOWN BELOW !
I use this website to identify what colors I'm going to use based on an image that I'll be using for my post and retain the hex color code that the site extracts from said image:
You can of course choose to change the desired color by either using the suggested palette below the image or selecting one of the color cases in the palette and directly colorpicking it (I would recommend clicking on a color that you think you won't use in the palette before doing so since it replaces it).
Once you have the desired hex codes, you go to this website to set up the gradient you're going to use:
All you have to do is type in the text you want to color, click on a color and replace the default hex code with the one you took from the first website:
You can also choose the number of colors you wish to use depending on what gradient you want to showcase (it goes from one to twenty). You also have some predetermined sets on the website based on numerous themes, like the sea, the sunset and even reggae saved by other users of the website.
The "HFTS" preset is one of mine that I imported on the website and is a gradient that I use for my His For The Season series. You can do as much by simply setting up your chosen gradient before clicking on the "Save Local" button, so you can avoid having to repeat the entire process the next time you wish to use said gradient.
Once your arrangement is all set and ready, you simply have to click on the Generate button and it will give you the result as well as the HTML code you're gonna use:
You can always go back by clicking on "Create a New Fade" and make your modifications.
Once you have your HTML Color Code, you go back on your tumblr post and click on the small gearing of your post:
Scroll down the displayed settings before reaching to the text editor that is normally set on rich text (which is basically the default setting, where you normally type). All you have to do is change the setting to "HTML":
And you're going to see a bunch of codes using brackets, etc. If you're familiar with posting works on AO3, this shouldn't be too difficult to understand as to what they represent. In case you do not, those codes basically represent the numerous text options like simple text (this would be <p>), bolding (<b>) etc.
What you're gonna look out for is the text that you wish to color in your codes, so make sure to open your eyes. Here's an example:
After that, all you have to do is replace the selected text by the code generated from the website:
Depending on the length of the text, this is what should appear in its stead. Be careful as to choose the right text and to not suppress the <p> codes, since it would simply erase the text.
All you have to do now is return to the settings and set the text editor back to rich text, and there you go:
This is the chosen text I want to color.
Please feel free to tell me if you have anymore questions, I'd be happy to help you! 🙆🏻♀️❣️