Computer Graphics with Photoshop - Soft edge to photo?

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Soft edge to photo?

Usual Suspect

2007-06-23, 6:14 pm

I cropped a photo (or at least I thought I did) and the result was a soft
transition at the border all around. The photo fades to white at the edge.

I'm not sure how I did that, but I'd like to know how to do it in the future.

How does one do such a transition?

Photoshop CS (v 8.0) Mac

Thanks,
--
Al, the usual

John Boy

2007-06-23, 6:14 pm

Usual Suspect wrote:
> I cropped a photo (or at least I thought I did) and the result was a soft
> transition at the border all around. The photo fades to white at the edge.

Select - Feather

KatWoman

2007-06-23, 10:14 pm

"Usual Suspect" <reply@thegroup.net> wrote in message
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>I cropped a photo (or at least I thought I did) and the result was a soft
> transition at the border all around. The photo fades to white at the edge.
>
> I'm not sure how I did that, but I'd like to know how to do it in the
> future.
>
>
> How does one do such a transition?
>
> Photoshop CS (v 8.0) Mac
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Al, the usual

if you used the crop tool that would not happen
Maybe you used the marquee tool?? you must have put a number in the feather
box
so if you want to duplicate that use the marquee (or any select tool with
feather)
or as above select it after> in the menu

make sure your background color is set to white
or if you want another edge color choose in the palette first

Usual Suspect

2007-06-24, 6:14 pm

> use the marquee (or any select tool with feather)
> or as above select it after > in the menu

I don't understand this instruction. Can you restate?

FYI, I have selected the photo and chosen Select > Feather (5 pixels).
Nothing changes.

Thanks,
--
Al, the usual

KatWoman

2007-06-24, 10:15 pm

"Usual Suspect" <reply@thegroup.net> wrote in message
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>
> I don't understand this instruction. Can you restate?
>
> FYI, I have selected the photo and chosen Select > Feather (5 pixels).
> Nothing changes.
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Al, the usual

select the marquee tool
now look at the bar at the top
there is a fill in box with the word feather next to it
set to ) no soften
set to 5 or above the get soft edges on the selection
at the bottom of your tool bar
click the rectangle with the little circle (check mask)
this will show you the effect

Usual Suspect

2007-06-25, 6:16 pm

Still confused.

> select the marquee tool

Using the rectangular select marquee tool

> now look at the bar at the top
> there is a fill in box with the word feather next to it

Yes.

> set to ) [0?] no soften
> set to 5 or above the get soft edges on the selection

In the "fill in box" I enter 5.

> at the bottom of your tool bar
> click the rectangle with the little circle (check mask)
> this will show you the effect

There are 2 rectangles with circle:
- Edit in standard mode
- Edit in quick mask mode
Clicking either one gives me no results (but clicking quick mask mode makes
the marching-ants select go away).

Does this work if the file has multiple layers? Or must I flatten the image
first?

Thanks,
--
Al, the usual

tacit

2007-06-25, 10:14 pm

In article <0001HW.C2A4354300FF4612F01826C8@news.sf.sbcglobal.net>,
Usual Suspect <reply@thegroup.net> wrote:

> FYI, I have selected the photo and chosen Select > Feather (5 pixels).
> Nothing changes.

Yes, that is correct. When you feather the selection, you make the edge
of the selection soft--but you do not change one single pixel of the
picture. You only change the selection.

Here is how to do what you are after, step by step:

Step 1: Use the rectangular marquee to make a selection. IMPORTANT: Your
selection MUST NOT touch the edge of the image. Your selection must be
inside the image, away from the edge far enough to make for a soft edge.

Step 2: From the Select menu, choose the Feather command. Enter a value.
The higher the value, the softer the edge. The higher the value, the
farther away you must be from the edge of the picture.

If you are working in layers, then:

Step 3: Make the selection a layer mask by choosing "Save Selection"
from the Select menu and in the dialog box, choose "Layer Mask."

-or=
If you are NOT working in layers, then:

Step 3: Invert the selection by choosing the Invert command from the
Select menu, then fill the selection with white by choosing white as
your foreground color and hitting Alt-Delete on your Keyboard, or by
using the Fill command from the Edit menu.

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