I am pretty new to this i use photoshop 7 and just can not figure out how to fade a photo can anyone help me shannon

It depends on the look you are going for, but you can either lower the opacity of the photo or you can change the layer blending mode to something else like screen, overlay, etc. You do that by choosing the down arrow on the layer next to where it says opacity. I hope that makes sense If you have more questions, I'm happy to try and make it more clear as I seem to be having a hard time doing that in this post. LOL!

thanks justmp that is getting closer to what I wanted but, i know there is a feather edge tool or something somewhere in this program but can not remember thanks so much shan

thanks again i got it shan

Hi! :

I've only been using Photoshop since June, and was stumped for awhile on how to do this. I figured something out that works, although, I'm sure it's not the only way, or even the best way. It works, though. I always make sure I've working on a duplicate of my original photo, though.

Try this:

Make sure that the photo is in it's own layer, not the background, click on your marquee tool and set the feather to the desired amount. I've been using 250, the maximum, but I've been using larger photos. Then, use your marquee tool to make a selection around the main part of the photo that you want to really show, not fade. Next, go to select > inverse and then delete to clear the background. I usually clear it a couple of times to take most of the background away. Adjust the opacity of the photo as desired to acheive the look you are looking for.

I used this technique for the following LO in my gallery (which I hope links):

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Hope this helps!

Daveen
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I completely misunderstood what you were wanting to do...sorry

Daveen described how to feather very well. That's what I would do, too.

I need to try this, it looks ideal. I have been struggling with this for a while. Thanks for sharing your method!!

Jules

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thanks yall the feather tool works wonderful