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james-b
james-b
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July 25, 2018
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Gradient Feather Tool transparent to white - not layer under it

  • July 25, 2018
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I have a dark image that I'm trying to fade to rectangle with black fill below.  When I use the gradient feather tool, instead of showing increasing darkness (exposure of the underlying layer) it shows a whitening gradient that suddenly turns black at the end of the vector.  I've tried reversing the position and putting the black rectangle on top and then fading it to the underlying image, but it does the same thing.

Can anyone help me fix this?

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Correct answer james-b

I got it to work, but I still have no idea what went wrong.  I just deleted the black rectangle and created a new one and it worked...  Thanks for all of your input/effort to help!

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james-b
james-bAuthorCorrect answer
New Participant
July 25, 2018

I got it to work, but I still have no idea what went wrong.  I just deleted the black rectangle and created a new one and it worked...  Thanks for all of your input/effort to help!

    Barb Binder
    Barb Binder
    Adobe Expert
    July 25, 2018

    Ok, this is what you are trying to do? You have a dark image over a black frame (top image) and want the top image to fade to black, exposing the underling frame (bottom image)?

    If so, you need to select the top frame, select the Gradient Feather tool and drag from the top of the image towards the bottom (the length of the line impacts the gradient). If that still isn't working, double click the Gradient Feather tool to check the settings. The first color stop should have an opacity of 100%, the second color stop should have an opacity of 0. Then try again. If it still doesn't work, please come back with screen shots.

    ~Barb

      Barb Binder
      Barb Binder
      Adobe Expert
      July 25, 2018

      And check to see if you are inadvertently using a blending mode—you can see it in the Effects panel and/or if you double click the Gradient Feather tool and click the Transparency category in the left column.

      ~Barb

      james-b
      james-bAuthor
      New Participant
      July 25, 2018

      You are right about what I'm trying to do and I have checked the settings as you instruct.  Here are the screen shots:

      This one shows what's happening to the image.  The final gradient stop is at 0% Opacity with the first at 100%

      You can see how the gradient band is just lighter gray, instead of darkening to black.  I've done this before in other designs, so I'm at a loss as to why it isn't working now.

      This one just shows what the blending settings are.

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