Fading an effect or filter

[James5FBE]

Hello.  I'm new to elements.  I've used Photoshop regularly in the past.  Is there any way in PE 2020 to fade the effect of a filter or ajustment as there used to be in Photoshop?  There used to be a fade command under the edit menu in PS.

[hatstead]

Are you trying to create a vignette?

There are many options via a Gradient adjustment layer.

One can reduce the layer opacity to "fade" something. 

Please be more specific as to what you wish to do. It would help if you post a representative sample for us to look at.

[MichelBParis]

The "fade" option in Photoshop is not natively available in Elements.

As indicated by hatstead, PSE users generally achieve the same effect by creating a 'merged' layer (shift + Ctl + Alt E) over the stack and playing with the opacity.

For old PS users migrating to Elements, I recommend the very affordable add-on Elements+ which has many scripts to recover 'hidden' features of the full Photoshop, including the script 'fade'

https://elementsplus.net/help/en/fade.htm

[James5FBE]

Thanks.

[James5FBE]

With Photoshop, when you used an effect or an artistic filter such as paint daubs or neon glow, there was a fade action in the edit menu that let you toggle the intensity of the effect  between 100% and  0% so that you could quickly preview different levels of the affect or action .  I had read that using layers might be the most similar way to do the same thing with this program.  I'm still new to Elements, so I thought I'd inquire in case I was missing something.  Thanks. 

[hatstead]

The layer can be adjusted as to opacity and blending mode.

Invariably, I duplicate the background layer and make the changes to the background copy layer. Then, I can toggle off/on between the two layers to visualize "before and after."

[Diego2477264582ge]

Edit > Fade
or
cmd + shift + f 

[MichelBParis]

Edit > Fade
or
cmd + shift + f 

By @Diego2477264582ge

Diego,

That is available only in the full Photoshop, not in Elements:  scroll down to my previous answer in that old discussion. Either do what @hatstead suggests or consider installing the very affordable plugin Elements+ as I suggestesd.

(I see from your forum history that you have the full Photoshop).