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Rusty » Sat Aug 23, 2008 12:03 am
Terry, I am always fond of saying, "The great thing about Elements is that there are so many different ways to do the same thing."
This is something I learned just this week as part of a tutorial for something different (fill with black to create a vignette). I read your post and had the idea that filling with white would produce the fade you are after. Hey, it worked
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Look at your image to see "how big" it is. Image > Resize > Image Size ( then click "Cancel", you don't want to change anything). This image had been cropped down to a square, 1036 x 1036 pixels
Now select your Rectangular Marquee Tool. On the top toolbar set
feather to about 10% of your shortest side. 10% of 1036 = about 100 pixels.
Draw the rectangular selection exactly along the edges of your image. Just start at one corner and drag to the opposite corner. You will see rounded corners - that's what you want; that's because of the feather. Now, do Select > Inverse
Now create a new layer (and that blank layer will become your active layer) and fill that selection with white: Edit > Fill Selection. Now, deselect.
Every time you hit Ctrl-J that "white filled selection layer" will be duplicated. Just keep at 'till you think you have gone too far. Either delete that top layer or reduce the opacity.
Pretty slick -- and super simple.
Rusty