Drawing a fading line

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Mark_Sime
Jul 31, 2006
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Hello,

All i want to do is draw a verticle line that fades at the ends into the back ground. This must be simple !!

hope someone can help !

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chrisjbirchall
Jul 31, 2006
How about…

On a new layer, create a long narrow rectangular marquee, filled with the colour of your choice, then add a layer mask filled with a gradient.

(other methods will no doubt follow 🙂 )
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deebs
Jul 31, 2006
maybe apply layer blend: Multiply to the line as well?
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a_smithee
Jul 31, 2006
Then Click on the Line Tool, set the Line weight that you want. For example 20 pixels wide. Click where you want the Line to start and hold the shift key to constrain the line to a straight horizontal.Pull the line to where you want it to stop. When you do this it places a shape layer into the image layer structure and calls it Shape 1. For example I used a 10×8 file to test this out. I started my line at 1" and ended it at 9". Now comes the fun part, decide where you want the fade to start on both sides.Click on the Rectangular marquee tool and draw a rectangular selection to those points. I used 2" to start and 8" to end the marquee. which gave me 1" on both ends of the line outside of the rectangular marquee selection. Click on Select >Feather and enter a value into the Feather Radius,
larger values give a more gradual fade, so this will take some tweeking and adjusting of values to get the fade the way you want it. Once you have applied the Feather. Click on the Add Layer Mask icon at the bottom of the Layer Palette.You will see a fade on the ends of the line if this is not enough fade Click on the History Palette and stepback past Feather then select Feather again with a different value.Then Click the Add Layer Mask icon again.You can continue to adjust the fade by using the step back in History to reset the fade value. If there is a sharp distinct line surrounding the faded line this is the Shape path so go to the Paths Palette and click on the empty space below the path to shut off the path. You should see a line that fades at both ends now without the path around it.You should see three distinct components on the Shape 1 layer the Layer Thumbnail,the Layer Mask thumbnail and the Vector Mask thumbnail.
With the Shape 1 layer highlighted (selected) Click on Layer>Rasterize either Shape or Layer. Once you get the layer rasterized you can do an Edit>Transform>Scale and make the line thicker or change the end points etc. Plus you can also use Distort or Perspective to get some neat effects. Once you get the line the way you want Click Enter to set the transform. By feathering the selection you are applying a feathered mask to both ends of the line at the same time when you click the Layer Mask icon. I hope this helps. John

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George_Austin
Aug 1, 2006
Using the rectangular marquee tool, drag out a long thin rectangle outlining the desired line length and width.

Using a brush diameter greater than the line width, fill in the central portion at 100% brush opacity.

Fill in the remainder of the line with brush strokes from the 100% opaque segment to the ends after bringing up the brushes palette and activating opacity fade (under "Other Dynamics") and choosing the number of brush diameters over which you want the line’s opacity to fade to zero.

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