Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: how to do somethingin Photoshop
From: George Lottermoser <imagist@concentric.net>
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 10:08:02 -0600

Adam Bridge1/22/03

>You know how you might want to burn in a whole part of an image but with 
>a
>gradiant so at the edge its darker but towards the center its almost not 
>there?

sounds like you want a radial gradient applied to a layer mask. Make sure that you label the
"background" so it becomes an actual layer. Then apply layer mask by hitting the layer mask button
on the bottom left of the layer palette. Make sure the layer mask is active by clicking on it.
apply your gradient. Voila.
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