(Pseudo) Circular Fade

External Since: Jan 20, 2004 Posts: 60

I have a photograph of the side view mirror of a car -- it's round but not
circular, more elliptical but not uniform either. I have another photograph
that I want to cut out a section of and paste over the mirror layer, but I
want the edges of the top layer to fade from opaque to transparent so that
the new section seems to be growing on the mirror.

After reading the CS2 Photoshop Bible, I'm still mystified.

Thanks in advance
Norm

External Since: Feb 08, 2006 Posts: 945

On Feb 5, 7:31 am, "Norm Dresner" <nd....TakeThisOut@att.net> wrote:
> I have a photograph of the side view mirror of a car -- it's round but not
> circular, more elliptical but not uniform either. I have another photograph
> that I want to cut out a section of and paste over the mirror layer, but I
> want the edges of the top layer to fade from opaque to transparent so that
> the new section seems to be growing on the mirror.
>
> After reading the CS2 Photoshop Bible, I'm still mystified.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Norm

Hi Norm,
One possibility would be to group the second image into a smart object
then apply a mask to that object, the mask can be selectively blurred
to fade the edges (I use the lasso tool to select regions of the mask
to blur), to reveal the section you want to overlay. Then, with the
second image above the first, use the transform controls to stretch,
rotate and otherwise shape the section to fit the image below. Layer
styles and blend modes can then be used with the smart object layer to
further sell the final photo.

Good luck,
Ron