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fade to transparent with no background

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March 6, 2023
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I'm trying to do the dog headshot that fades into transparent into the background. How do I accomplish this?

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Greg_S.

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@Alisha28741905mzgv, Photoshop Elements does not have a History Brush tool. Are you using Photoshop CC?

Rather than use the History Brush, I suggested using a soft regular brush with a 50 percent opacity to retain some of the fade, if that is what you want.

Your screnshots indicate that you are using a transparent background rather than a white one. Is that what you want?

Your screenshots also indicate that you are painting on the image itself rather than on the mask.

I'm going to move your post to the Photoshop Ecosystem forum where you will get more thorough advice about using Photoshop CC for your project.

Finally, it looks like your Cricket is related to my Pooch. 😄

jane-e

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Your screnshots indicate that you are using a transparent background rather than a white one. Is that what you want?

Your screenshots also indicate that you are painting on the image itself rather than on the mask.
By @Greg_S.

The steps are the same in Photoshop as they are in PSE (welcome to our forum Greg!)

@Alisha28741905mzgv

Show a screenshot of your entire workspace including the Layers panel (Window menu).

As Greg said:

create a second layer that is white (underneath the dog)
paint your gradient on the mask (non-desructive), never on the image which is destructive)

Jane

Rob_Cullen

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No, my question still isn't answered. Her head is too transparent. I need it solid, need the neck to fade.
By @Alisha28741905mzgv

As second option is this:

If you are happy with the neck, switch to the Brush tool and use black to paint on the mask across the head.

Jane

So many ways to do!

My simplistic approach might be to-

1) use the 'Subject' Selection tool to select only the dog

2) [Ctrl+J] to copy the selection to another layer (ie. dog on transparency)

3) Hide the original background layer

3) Use a soft Erase Brush on the 'copy' layer to brush away unwanted areas, or preferably use a mask to black-hide/white-show.

Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.0, Photoshop 27.0, ACR 18.0, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0 .

Greg_S.

Community Expert

Hi Alisha. There are several ways to do this. Here is one:

Create a white layer behind your dog image.
Create a mask for the dog layer.
Type D to make the foreground color white and the background black
Use the Gradient tool and select the first template gradient (foreground to background)
In the Radiant tool bar options, select Radial

Click in the mask thumbnail to select the mask
In the main edit window, drag a line from the middle of the dog outward.
Use a soft brush with a lower opacity (maybe 50%) to clean up the mask

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Alisha28741905mzgvAuthor

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Thank you, this worked perfectly. The first time I used to history tool to restore the dog's face. When attempting to duplicate these steps, I am trying to use that history tool again and it's restoring it to the white background. Do you know how to get it to restore to the photo? Basically, the gradient is too transparent, I only need the fading at the bottom by the neck.

I'm attaching cricket 1 and cricket 2, the second is just showing what the history tool is doing.

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