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mcdon47
mcdon47
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August 22, 2017
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Feathered vignette

  • August 22, 2017
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I thought I could do it because I had done it a few years ago but for some reason I am unable to do it. I have a black and white photo and using elliptical marquee tool I selected 'feather' under 'Select'. Then I inversed it and deleted the area around the photo but photograph remain with a very clear outline, not feathered with a soft edge at all. It makes no difference if the feather value was set at 1 or 24.

Hope you can help.

Thanks.

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    Correct answer hatstead

    mcdon47  wrote

    I thought I could do it because I had done it a few years ago but for some reason I am unable to do it. I have a black and white photo and using elliptical marquee tool I selected 'feather' under 'Select'. Then I inversed it and deleted the area around the photo but photograph remain with a very clear outline, not feathered with a soft edge at all. It makes no difference if the feather value was set at 1 or 24.

    Hope you can help.

    Thanks.

    1. Open picture file 
    2. Open a blank layer above the Background layer (Layer 1)
    3. Activate the the Elliptical marquee tool, and set feather to 35 px (+/-) - experiment. Drag out the Ellipse to embrace the object to be retained
    4. Fill the ellipse with black(Edit>fill selection)
    5. Duplicate the Background layer and drag it above the layer with the Ellipse (Layer 1)
    6. Group the Background copy layer and Layer 1 (CTRL+G)
    7. Turn off visibility of Background layer.
    8. Place a blank layer below Layer 1 (this will be layer 2) and fill with color.

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    hatstead
    hatsteadCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    August 22, 2017

    mcdon47  wrote

    I thought I could do it because I had done it a few years ago but for some reason I am unable to do it. I have a black and white photo and using elliptical marquee tool I selected 'feather' under 'Select'. Then I inversed it and deleted the area around the photo but photograph remain with a very clear outline, not feathered with a soft edge at all. It makes no difference if the feather value was set at 1 or 24.

    Hope you can help.

    Thanks.

    1. Open picture file 
    2. Open a blank layer above the Background layer (Layer 1)
    3. Activate the the Elliptical marquee tool, and set feather to 35 px (+/-) - experiment. Drag out the Ellipse to embrace the object to be retained
    4. Fill the ellipse with black(Edit>fill selection)
    5. Duplicate the Background layer and drag it above the layer with the Ellipse (Layer 1)
    6. Group the Background copy layer and Layer 1 (CTRL+G)
    7. Turn off visibility of Background layer.
    8. Place a blank layer below Layer 1 (this will be layer 2) and fill with color.
    J
    Julie2015
    Participating Frequently
    August 22, 2017

    Hi

    I would suggest you might not have hidden the layer underneath, perhaps?

    I'm using PSE v14 and this is my method for Vignette -

    Open image

    Duplicate (Ctrl+J)

    Hide Background layer

    Switch to Marquee tool

    Set feathering to 50px

    Draw shape as appropriate

    Ctrl+J to place selected area on new layer

    Hide Layer 1 to see effect.

    Save as png if wanting to place on another background

    Does this help you?

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