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FADED EDGE

As you can see in my portfolio, I have this ...rather unhealthy obsession with fades. I love fading the edges of photos I think deserves one. Let's investigate this technique which can be useful for layout making OR graphics in general.
1.) Open up photoshop and select a photo you want to put a faded edge to. I chose fall out boy b/c... my life revolves around my obsession. lol

2.) make sure the picture isn't locked... if it is.. go to your layers pallette and drag the photo layer (background copy in italics with a lock on it) to the new layer button to get a duplicate layer that says, "background copy" with no lock. delete the locked layer and move on.

3.) select the gradient tool... it's under the paint bucket. (see photo below for details)

4.) See photo below for next step.

5.) See photo below for next step. (side note, you don't have to use white, you can use other colors too... but b/c it works with this photo, I used white)

6.) Make a new layer and arrange it in your layers pallette so that the new blank layer is on top of the photo layer.

7.) With the gradient tool, the color you want to use and the blank layer in your layers pallette ALL still selected, click and drag the gradient tool from the bottom of your photo to the middle of your photo.

8.) At the end, your photo should look like this. See photo below for final results. ...but minus the need to pretty it up with text. lol

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