Designing Menu Backrounds

[Bearbegr]

Hello,

Okay, I have been screwing with Adobe Photoshop to try and make Backrounds for my menues... I have found out how to make the pictures colered, but what I can not figure out is how to fade a picture into another... By this I mean, if I stick a certian pic on another, it just covers the other. If I could make it fade into it, it would look great! Any help would be great... Maybe Im using the wrong software...

[andkiich]

You'll need to use LAYERS and try different levels of opacity between the layers as well as blending methods.

If you are new to Photoshop, I suggest spending $50 at the book store and get a good Photoshop "how-to".

[housepig]

If you are new to Photoshop, I suggest spending $50 at the book store and get a good Photoshop "how-to".

or patronize your local library - my library system has 30+ books on different versions of Photoshop (2 of which I have right now).

[northcat_8]

I think the effect you are trying to create is done with your video editing application. Should be a "fade" or "gradient wipe".

I am thinking that you are wanting to fade on pic into another, like on TV when one thing kind of lightens while the one behind it darkens and you can still see the first one getting lighter and fading away while the 2nd one becomes darker and eventually becomes the one you are watching.

I'll see if I can get something small enough to illustrate what I'm talking about.

[garman]

I think he want's something like this. I used photoshop to create this. I'm not sure if my image is posting. I did try to upload it. these are the functions I used. Quickmask-gradient tool-paste into

[northcat_8]

I had to hack off the ends of this pretty far to get it to be small enough to upload. But you know the black logo is solid then it disolves into Farrah and then farrah would become solid.

If this is what you are looking for then in Adobe Premiere it's the Disolve Transition.

[adam]

Its called a mask. Pick the layer you want to blend and hit layer/add layer mask and then pick hide all. Pick a rather large brush with the "fuzzy" edges and lower the opacity some. Click on the center of the pic (where it was, its going to be blank now) and it will lightly overlay on top of the other. You'll just have to play with brush size, opacity, maybe use wet edges etc... After you get the general look of the edges, pick a smaller brush and go in and paint in the center part of the image, to make it show through more.

Just keep playing with the mask and you'll be able to seamlessly fade multiple images into each other.

[Bearbegr]

Okay,

I got it! Thanks for all the help!...

[Rookie64]

There are lots of free tutorials online as well...try these and do a google search for more -


http://www.planetphotoshop.com/tutorials_effects.html

http://graphicssoft.about.com/library/course/bllps5out.htm

http://www.graphic-design.com/Photoshop/

http://www.huntfor.com/photography/tutorials/photoshop.htm