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  • creating gradient mask from shape layer with gradient…

    Posted by Aza Allen on September 30, 2009 at 6:38 am

    I’ve seen it done, but I can’t find the tutorial. I have a pic that has a hard edge on the bottom, I wanna soften that edge in a way that I can turn the effect off later if needed. I’ve seen it where I create a rectangle over the bottom of the pic and in a new layer, apply a black to white gradient (using a layer style so I can adjust the gradient), but I can not figure out what to do from there to make it mask off the image below it in the layers panel – can someone help?

    Thanks all.

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    Richard Harrington replied 16 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Richard Harrington

    October 5, 2009 at 12:20 am

    Try using Smart Objects and Smart Filters. You can also then mask the filter and use a gradient to blend it

    Richard M. Harrington, PMP

    Author: Video Made on a Mac, Photoshop for Video, Understanding Adobe Photoshop, Final Cut Studio On the Spot and ATS:iWork

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