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Greetings. I am trying to create a simple vignette, but cannot figure out how. I eventually landed on something called "Guided Edits" in Element, but cannot figure out what this is. It is not a program in my suite, as far as I can tell. Any help is appreciated.
There are several ways to create a vignetted image using Photoshop. One which will allow you to view and adjust the degree of edge fade visually as you work is this: (It takes longer to describe than to do.)
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There are several ways to create a vignetted image using Photoshop. One which will allow you to view and adjust the degree of edge fade visually as you work is this: (It takes longer to describe than to do.)
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Thank you for the detailed explanation! You also helped me begin to understand masking better, which is something I have been meaning to do:)
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Happy to help. Good luck!
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Hi, I followed all of the above instructions and can see that the photo has the vignette the way I want it, however, when I click ok it just goes back to the original photo with the ellipse and no vignette! Please help, I have been trying this all day to no avail.
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You had mentioned Elements in your original inquiry and I overlooked it. I am unfamiliar with Photoshop Elements and don’t know where or how it may differ from the current full-featured Photoshop. In fact, questions devoted to your Elements software should be addressed to the Photoshop Elements Forum.
That said, a possible solution to your problem would be to replace the last paragraph of my instructions which is devoted to Properties, with this one:
With the mask in the Layers panel highlighted, go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur, adjust the slider to produce the degree of vignette you prefer, and click OK.
Good luck.
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Background info: Photoshop Elements is an entirely separate app, aimed at the hobbyist market. It is much less powerful, but it simplifies many common tasks...