[DrmMerchant]

hey guys..

i am a PS newbie and i am stumped! i know you guys can teach me how to fix
my problem.

backgorund info:
this is a corner of an image that i am working on. i have adjusted the hue/saturation of the phyiscal picture to match the background color. i want to have the image "fade" out into the background so that there is no distinct "seam" between the two. the image is rectanglular and i want the "fade" to go all the way around the perimeter of the picture.



any help is appreciated.
abel.

[EviLToYLeT]

Belive there's a vintage tihng that you can use.. I'm a little rusty on my photoshop technicalities, but i belive you can use the gradient tool and set one to transparent and the other to the desired color and it should work nicely.

[Chapel]

Use the rectangular marquee tool.
Set the feather options to around 20-25. (This is located under Options in the Navigator Window.. select the tool first)
Use the tool to select the whole image. Press ctrl+shift+I and hit delete.

Make sure you try this on a backup copy first.


[This message has been edited by Chapel (edited November 29, 2000).]

[DrmMerchant]

sweet chapel! that worked perfect....

i see your from Orlando, i was just there a couple of weeks ago, i played in a big paintball tournament there near disney...

abel.

[DrmMerchant]

heres what i have been messing around with... kepp in mind it is still a work in progress...


the button will have some basic rollovers...

abel.

[Matt Elder]

Another way is to have your flat blue colour on a lower layer, above this have you textured pattern. Then create a new mask layer. On the new mask layer, take a soft edge brush (50% opacity) and paint over the edges you don't want to see (the foreground colour must be black).

The advantage of this is that if you don't like the effect or wish to change it later, you just change what has happened to that mask as the original layer is still preserved.

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See ya on da flip side
Matt
http://www.mattelder.com

[DrmMerchant]

Matt, thanks for the info. since i am extremely new to PS i have no idea how masks work (dont laugh hehee) or how to even create them! i have printed out a couple of tutorials that i found on the net about them but havent had time to give them a try.

i will try my hand at doing your suggestion this evening....

since i am pretty new at web design and PS, it helps to have a very active forum to answer my specific questions dealing with various programs. now i know where to come the next time i am stumped in PS, you guys replied quickly!

thanks again.

abel.

[Chapel]

Or.. you can do what I said before, but instead of hitting delete... make a new layer on top of the image and fill the selection with the color you want as the background. (select the color and press alt+backspace)

There are several ways to skin this cat.. my first suggestion was just the fastest I think.

[Matt Elder]

hehe. I agree that your first solution was the fastest but I think mine was the most flexible for subsequent editing. Even with your latest suggestion, what happens if you wish to edit the section outside of the initial fill? It won't exist on the new layer you created but it will on mine.

Chapel, do I detect a small little rivalry over answering this question:

"For the match scheduled tonight between old farts, in the blue corner, Sir-Post-alot (Chapel) with great ideas and always around. And in the red corner, Sir-Critique-alot per post (Matt Elder) from the land down-under. Who can come up with the best way to skin this cat?!"

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See ya on da flip side
Matt
http://www.mattelder.com

[Chapel]

Ok... last post of the day unless something really cool gets posted and I have to reply.

I'm not saying your way is wrong or anything. Just that it seems it will take a little longer to do for the same end result. By creating the new layer in my second suggestion you never touch the original pic, so if you want to change the fill then just play around on the top layer. You can still go back and edit the original pic.

By the way, I did this with those techniques... along time ago when I was learning PS. Real big.. so I'll just link it.
http://www.geocities.com/chapel_t9/misc/smg.jpg

[DrmMerchant]

even tho i am a newbie i always duplicate layers just in case...