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Fade out towards the bottom of an image.
I need to fade the bottom of a picture either to white or transparent. eg A picture of someone and they are cut off waist high and I want to elegantly start to fade the picture out towards the bottom instead of having a sharp cut off line. Easy stuff I know but I am brand spanking new to photoshop.
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It is also very easy to do this by using the quick mask (two buttons with circles at the bottom of the tools pallet.) Select quick mask mode by clicking the button on the right. The foreground and backround colors will change to black and white. Select the gradient tool. Start from the top of your picture and drag out a verticle line about 2/3rds down the picture. You'll see a red mask fading at the bottom. Switch back to normal mode. In the "Select" menu, click on inverse. Click on Edit>Copy. Then, Edit>Paste. This will paste the faded selection on a new layer. Highlight the backround layer in the layer menu and make a new layer above it. If you want a white backround then fill this with white. Leave it transparent for a GIF. Delete the backround. Very simple and clean!