Just some questions

Good day.
I have Adobe Photoshop and i need a little help with it cause it does what it wants, nothing happens as i want, interface is as intuitive, as my mother is a president of America.
I have drawn a framу that i want to be part visible and part transparent. It means upper part i want to be visible, in the center it begins to become slightly transparent and the lower part is completely invisible.
I've found options of gradients, so i thought it will help me but wait - it is an adobe product, how could it help me if my mind still hasn't been screwed by this "awesome" photoshop ? And i was right - when i set both ends of gradient to be transparent (opacity to 0) my gradient became blue at all. Its awesome. Just fantastic. Cause in the gradients menu i see many different gradients but when i click at it in the left upper corner i see the whole blue rectangle that means my gradient will be filled with only one color.
What do you Adobe think when you claim such a high price for product that just does not show me gradient that i clicked ?
Do you really think that it worth reading 2-3 tutorial books to just understand where the heck in this "very simple" interface are gradient options hidden ?
So, how can i do frame that from center gradually becomes transparent ?
Thanks a lot

The tone you take seems regrettable.
Anyway, if you have created the frame as a Layer of its own you can add a Layer Mask to partially hide ir (with the Gradient Tool, Painting Tools, …).
Otherwise for maintaining easier editing I would recommend using a Gradient Layer (Layer > New Fill Layer > Gradient).
By clicking in the Gradient preview field you can raise the »Gradient Editor«, where you can add and edit Color - and Transparancy Stops.

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http://www.macgurus.com/guides/storageaccelguide.php
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