Easy Photoshop Question

[Jamie_Beatson]

Hi guys,

This will be dead easy for one of you but it is frustrating me!

I am trying to create a banner for my new website.  I have one large imagine (890x200), on which I have overlaid some text on the left hand side.

However, I want to put another image on the far right hand side, and have them fade into each other.  I've got that the way I want it - placing the secondary image (490x200) on the far right, and using the layer opacity to fade it down.

However, it has an unsightly edge which is placed right in the centre of the whole banner that is ruining it.  I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get rid of it.  Can anyone give me a hand? I've tried the feather tool but that didn't seem to help!

Cheers,
Jamie

[samhs]

Hi Jamie

This is a simple job for layer masks. A mask allows you to selectively show or hide a layer - think of it like a stencil you place over your layer, but instead of seeing the stencil where it obscures the image, the stencil provides transparency. You can have partial transparency using a gradient mask, and by overlaying a gradient masked image over another image you can create a cross-fade.

Here's a tutorial for exactly that: http://articles.sitepoint.com/article/photoshop-fade-layer-mask

Should see you right.

HTH

[net-curtains]

Easiest and quickest way is to use the eraser in brush mode and pick a 100px radius brush with a feathered airbrush shape, opacity 50% to remove the image edge.

[net-curtains]

You're welcome.