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I have just started digital scrapping and have completed about 10 pages but don't like the look of the cropped edges of my photos, they look too severe. Is there some way to soften or blur the edges? Thanks in advance. Jill

What program are you using?
Cindy

I'd say she is using Photo Impact, since she posted in this forum.

There is a Zoom Blur effect, if I remember correctly in PI... under the effects menu.

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Hope you don't mind if I pipe in with a question to go along with this. When I try that...and I go to "effects" and then blur...the "Zoom Blur" is there, but I can not click on it. Is there something you need to do to the image first in order to use the zoom blur?

TIA.

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I can't find Zoom blur, but if you go to the pick tool there is a Soft Edge box where you can play with different settings until you like the effect. You can also get some cool edge effects using the mask mode and the Paint on Edges effect with different paintbrush settings.

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I am still not finding a way to do the photo edges. I am able to zoom blur- click on the photo and a split screen box comes up w/ a pic in the left w/ 2 circles. I size the circles so they are near the edges and it blurs w/out a problem. However, this is not exactly what I am talking about as the photo edge is still sharp. I also found a "photo frame" button that allows me to pick "magic frame" which will give a torn picture edge look (which I like) but there is a white background behind the tear. I basically want the edge to look like someone kind of slightly "erased" just the edge of the photo; the tear look would be fine if there was no white background.
thanks!

Well once you have done the magic edge, then use the selection tool to erase the white edge...

I use masks and end up with a pretty good edge and no need to erase anything.

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Another way to get rid of the white edge left (only works if there is no true white in your photo) is to right click on the photo, click properties and then under the first tab make white the transparent color and increase transparency to 100%.

Paint on edge in mask mode is my favorite method as well, though.

Oops, almost forgot to mention that I like to make a ripped edge using the eraser tool - it takes a bit of practice but you can get some lovely results with it! I especially like to do that when working with a semi-transparent "vellum" layer.