Need help applying gradient to photo

[texasjoe]

I'm trying to apply a gradient to a photo, but am getting nowhere.

When I put a gradient on a black box, for instance, I just draw the box, grab the gradient tool, click and drag across the box, ans Voila! I have a box with a gradient fill!

But this process does not work with photos. What I want is a photo that gradually fades out toward the bottom.

Any helpful suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Joe

 

[jimoblak]

This would ideally be done in Photoshop but you can still pull it off in InDesign by making a black-white gradient box on top of a photo frame. Then experiment with the different transparency modes in the transparency palette.


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[texasjoe]

Thanks for the suggestion, but a gradient gray box overlay, isn't really the look I was going for.

I want a photo that "fades to white" at the edges of the photo.

Perhaps it would be best to do this in Photoshop.

Thanks again!

Joe

 

[jimoblak]

Object>Feather

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[texasjoe]

Thanks for the suggestion, Picklefish.

I really only want the "fade out" on one side of the photo and feathering fades all four sides...

But! Your suggestion led me to realize that I can acheive the effect that I want by feathering and then masking off the other three sides with white rectangles!

Thanks very much for the tip!

Joe