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08/20/2006 08:33:23 PM · #1 |
Can someone place give me some easy instructions for how to fade the edges of an item in Photoshop Elements 2? I have one layer pasted onto another solid type background and would like to fade the edges of the top layer only.
Thanks.
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08/20/2006 08:35:12 PM · #2 |
This works in CS2 but not sure about elements:
Ctrl+click on the thumbnail of the top layer to select around it.
Go to Selection>Feather
Feather, say, 50 pixels
Go to Selection>Inverse
Press delete.
(I don't have PS open to try it but from memory that should work...)
Message edited by author 2006-08-20 20:35:27.
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08/20/2006 08:36:07 PM · #3 |
I believe what your referring to is 'vignetting' -- the term may help turn up more search results.
I don't know if elements can do it, but set a circular gradient layer and darken or lighten as needed to make the edges fade to black or white.
David
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08/20/2006 08:43:12 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by Konador:
This works in CS2 but not sure about elements:
Ctrl+click on the thumbnail of the top layer to select around it.
Go to Selection>Feather
Feather, say, 50 pixels
Go to Selection>Inverse
Press delete.
(I don't have PS open to try it but from memory that should work...) |
That is helping. Thanks very much!
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08/20/2006 08:44:39 PM · #5 |
NP :)
Instead of pressing delete, you could press the little layer mask icon under the layers (if elements has it) and that way you can fine-tune the fading later on since no data is lost, just masked :)
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08/20/2006 10:04:24 PM · #6 |
haven't read through the thread, so apologies if this duplicates any previous postings.
this image
has a complete set of steps. check out some of the other images in the collection for additional goodies ;-) |
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