Add transparency to an area of a layer?

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angivan
Apr 7, 2004
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I keep thinking this should be simple, but can’t figure it out. I want to take a photo and make just a gradient corner of it transparent so a color layer can show through. Every gradient tool I’m trying adds both a color and white, even if I make it less opaque. Can anyone help?

Thanks,
Angi
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DS_Nelson
Apr 7, 2004
One of the standard gradients goes from foreground to transparency, if I recall correctly. It may show up in the gradient thumbnail as white, but if you hover the cursor over each thumbnail a description pops up, at least it does in CS. I’ve never used previous versions.
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d._wade_thompson
Apr 7, 2004
add a layer mask and then do your gradient on the layer mask
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Colin_Walls
Apr 7, 2004
If you only have the one layer, it is probably "background", which does not support transparency. Double-click on its name in the Layers palette and accept the dialog. Now it can have trasnparency.
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Colin_Walls
Apr 7, 2004
Hmmm. Just realised you have a colour layer underneath. Just ignore me …

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