Blending Two Images in Photoshop Tutorial

[Bigdawg]

Okay - here is a Photoshop 7 step-by-step complete with pix.

1. Make sure each photo is on a seperate layer. Put the picture you want to fade on top. Click on the quick mask button on the bottom of the layers palette.

http://www.bigdawgdesign.com/signs101/Fade2.jpg

2. Notice the new image in the layer palette next to the image you are going to mask. Also note that the foreground is now white and the background is now black.

3. Select the gradient tool and choose "foreground to background" from the gradient choice.

http://www.bigdawgdesign.com/signs101/fade3.jpg

4. Click where you want the dark part of the fade to start and then drag your mouse to where you want the fade in to be complete. If you want a straight fade, hold down the shift key when you drag.

http://www.bigdawgdesign.com/signs101/fade4.jpg

5. When you are done, click on the small image in the layer palette to continue working with the picture instead of the mask.

http://www.bigdawgdesign.com/signs101/fade5.jpg

If you need to redo the fade away, in the layer palette, click on the small picture of the image mask and then click on the garbage can at the bottom. It will ask if you want to apply the layer mask before deleting. Click on no and the picture will be as you originally started.

http://www.bigdawgdesign.com/signs101/fade6.jpg

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[brad daggy]

Thanks. That was great.

[kustomsigns&designs]

This is a big help, nice tut!

[thmooch]

Thanks for taking the time to help others with this informative tutorial.

[threeputt]

Stacy!!! That tutorial is off the charts! Easy to follow. I really do appeciate it. My project has gone from "stall mode" to back on track.

Thanks to everyone else who helped also. I love this place.

[Idea Design]

An oldie but a goodie. Still holds true and helps folks almost two full years later. Nice.

[signgal]

OMG awesome! i watched a vid tutorial of the same thing and got so lost. You rock!

[vinylbarry]

Awsome We have photoshop and just learning it more and more.

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[signgal]

I don't get it... my fade sucks! I refuse to believe I'm this lame! I can see the edge of the top picture on the other one. it's not a soft fad into the other picture like your example.