I have 1 RGB layer; the background. Its background is white. There is a solid line on this image. I wish to fade its left end out to white. How can I do this please?
5 Answers
- Make sure your line is on it's own layer.
- "Add Layer Mask" to the layer
- Select the gradient tool, make sure it fades from black to white
- Click and drag the gradient on the layer mask
This will fade the line to whatever is behind it, as it makes it transparent.
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2This is a more powerful option as it gives you the ability to change the background colour at a later time without having to redo anything else– HemiFeb 28, 2011 at 1:56
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Oh, what the heck, +1. But my method's good for programs with no [native] support for masks (not mentioning any names, Paint.NET, ahem). Mar 3, 2011 at 4:28
If you are drawing the line, use the gradient tool, and make your right end the color and the left end white.
If you are editing someone else's work, try this:
- Use the Selection tool and draw a marquee around the part you want to fade.
- Go into Quick Mask. It should be on Mask is Selected Area.
- Select the Gradient tool.
- Draw gradients until you like how it fades. That is, until you like how the gradient of the Quick Mask color covers your line.
- Exit Quick Mask.
- Layer → Layer Mask → Hide Selection.
If you don't like how it looks, back up in your History to the Quick Mask step and repeat as needed.
Quickly, young hero:
- Create a new layer
- Draw a line
- Select the area around it (the "background")
- Invert Selection
- Select your gradient tool
- Make the primary color the color you want, and the secondary color entirely transparent (Alpha?)
- Delete the contents of your selection (delete key?), and draw the gradient from one corner to the other corner of the line
- Merge layer into your main layer (or leave it alone, if you want)
May your sword stay sharp!
Ways:
- Layer mask. (Then i merge it cause i dont want huge layers to be hanging out)
- Rasterize>HugeSoftFadingBrushEraser.
- Gradient Layer effect//clippingLayer.