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Edge Fadeouts
I'm sure this is one of the simplest questions, but how can I fade out the border of a picture to white?
I've tried using Select All -> Feather and then filling the outside border with a black to white fade, but it doesn't go completly white.
Any Ideas?
I've tried using Select All -> Feather and then filling the outside border with a black to white fade, but it doesn't go completly white.
Any Ideas?
I think gauss_l is on the right track, but it would much simpler to draw a rectangle using the marquee tool a decent depth inside the image. The Select>Inverse, Select>Feather(The amount depends on the image size and the depth of the new frame), Edit>Fill, select White and there you go. You'll need to experiment a bit with this to get it right. You may also want to enlarge the Canvas before starting, if you want a full white border.
My method would be select all, modify the selection by contracting it by x number of pixels, and then hit delete -- assuming that your background colour is set to white.
Sorry, I meant modify the selection by using the "border" command, not the contract command.
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There is an easier way. Open the image. Select the marquee tool, wether it be the elipse or oval. In the options window, set the feather to say 10 for starters. Then select the area you want to be in "focus", or where you want the feather to start (from the outside). Copy it, open a new document, BUT select the background to be white. Then past. You will have the desired effect.
if your picture is monochromatic then juz use gaussian blur to blur the edges of the pic to a white backgrd.
if not, then i suggest this method
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
| |----------------| |
| | pic | | <-- border
| ----------------- |
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
use the rectangular marquee tool to select a suitable border round the pic. Then press down ALT and use the mouse to choose another rectangular marquee tool to select yet another border this time inside the pic, forming a frame-like border round your pic.
use gaussian blur - 4.0 pixel (suggested).
if the distortion is too obvious, select a wider frame border covering that of the previous frame and use less strong blurring effect. ie. 2.0 pixel for gaussian blur.
i havent done this effect b4, hence me not realli familiar wif it. Pls tell me if u have a better method. Thank you.