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I would like to take a photo and make it so the centre is sharp and the outer edges are blurred and white(like an old fashioned picture) how can i acheive this? thanks

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Grebo
Mar 27, 2005
"" <daznotathome.com> wrote in message
I would like to take a photo and make it so the centre is sharp and the outer edges are blurred and white(like an old fashioned picture) how can i acheive this? thanks
One method.

Open desired image.
Create a new layer (Layers>New layer)
Fill the new layer with soid white colour using the paint bucket. Then use the raser tool on the new white filled layer to erase the desired hole. (You can set the amount of softness on the eraser brush to give you a nice degree of fade out of the cleared area.)
The flatten layers.
Job Done. Save it somewhere and call it something else…eg if original is called IMG-0071 call it IMG-0071a. That way you’ve always still got the unaltered original to play with again.
JD
John DH
Mar 27, 2005
Alternatively, Create a new layer. Use the marquee or pen tool to create the desired outline. From the select menu set the feather amount (more will give a softer edge) then inverse the selection (same menu). Play around with the feather setting as this controls the amount of fading. Use the Bucket tool to fill the area around the selection, and that’s it 😉

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"canongirly" wrote in message
"" <daznotathome.com> wrote in message
I would like to take a photo and make it so the centre is sharp and the outer edges are blurred and white(like an old fashioned picture) how can
i
acheive this? thanks
One method.

Open desired image.
Create a new layer (Layers>New layer)
Fill the new layer with soid white colour using the paint bucket. Then use the raser tool on the new white filled layer to erase the desired hole. (You can set the amount of softness on the eraser brush to give you
a
nice degree of fade out of the cleared area.)
The flatten layers.
Job Done. Save it somewhere and call it something else…eg if original is called IMG-0071 call it IMG-0071a. That way you’ve always still got the unaltered original to play with again.

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SJB
Mar 27, 2005
The technique you’re referring to is called a "vignette".

Here’s a link to a tutorial:
http://www.chainstyle.com/photoshop/webhelp/tutorials/photog raphic/fil_vignetting.htm

SB

"" <daznotathome.com> wrote in message
I would like to take a photo and make it so the centre is sharp and the outer edges are blurred and white(like an old fashioned picture) how can i acheive this? thanks
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Brian
Mar 27, 2005
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I would like to take a photo and make it so the centre is sharp and the outer edges are blurred and white(like an old fashioned picture) how can i acheive this? thanks

This is the way I’d attempt it with PS7

Open the image that you want to vignette.
(Leave this as "Background" so that we’re singing from the same hymn sheet)

Press D then X – to get white on black.
Select the gradient tool then press "Enter" for the picker. You need the third gradient, black to white.

Ctrl J to get Layer 1.
Filter | Blur | Gaussian Blur
Set the radius to suit you, but don’t be mean, click OK.

With layer one selected, press "Ctrl J" about 6 times to produce copies of the blurred layer. From the top (Layer 1 copy 6) hide all but the bottom two layers, by clicking the little eye at the left of each palette.

Select "Layer 1"

===== chorus =====
Now click "Add Vector Mask"
(Second from left, at the bottom of the layers palette)

Put the mouse pointer over your image, at the place that you wish to remain in sharp focus. Press and hold the left button and drag to the frame of the image.

Select the next layer up.
===================
Go to chorus, but this time drag the mouse in another direction.

When you’re happy with the result, delete any layers that are over and flatten the image.

Bri.
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Tacit
Mar 27, 2005
In article <d26da4$gcv$>,
"canongirly" wrote:

Fill the new layer with soid white colour using the paint bucket.

As an aside, not necessarily relevant to vignetting:

This instruction represents the #1 mistake new users to Photoshop make–believing that the Paint bucket tool is the Fill tool.

In most graphics programs, the Paint Bucket is how you fill an area with color. This is not true in Photoshop. It works in a new layer, but that’s not what it is designed for.

The Paint Bucket tool is a combination of the Magic Wand tool and the Fill command. Here is what it does:

When you click with the Paint Bucket, it examines the color of the pixel you clicked on. Then it spreads out in all directions, filling as it goes, until it hits a pixel that is a different color. When it hits a pixel that is a different color, it stops.

It will fill a layer with color because all the pixels in a new laer are the same color–transparent. However, it is a slow, inefficient way to do this.

IOn Photoshop, if you just want to fill with color, you hold down the ALT key on your keyboard and press Delete. This fills the selected area with color; on a layer with no selection, it fills the layer with color.

The Paint Bucket, if it is used as a "fill’ tool, may do unexpected things that confuse you if you click on a layer that is not empty. You should not confuse the Paint Bucket tool with a general purpose fill tool.


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Tacit
Mar 27, 2005
In article ,
"" <daznotathome.com> wrote:

I would like to take a photo and make it so the centre is sharp and the outer edges are blurred and white(like an old fashioned picture) how can i acheive this? thanks

Many people have already given you techniques which will work. The techniques described so far are cumbersome, though. there are many ways to do this which are easier.

Here is one:

Step 1: Make a selection around the part of the image you wish to preserve.
Step 2: Feather the selection.
Step 3: Press the Delete key on the keyboard.


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Grebo
Mar 27, 2005
"Tacit" wrote in message
In article <d26da4$gcv$>,
"canongirly" wrote:

Fill the new layer with soid white colour using the paint bucket.

As an aside, not necessarily relevant to vignetting:

This instruction represents the #1 mistake new users to Photoshop make–believing that the Paint bucket tool is the Fill tool.

Well I did start by saying "One Method" as in there are many.

As for new user…well I’ve been using Photoshop since 1997….You find a method that works for you and stick with it. It might not be the "right" way but it works.
JD
John DH
Mar 28, 2005
But if it works for you then it is the "right" way, it’s a question of how you want to skin a particular cat.

As for new user…well I’ve been using Photoshop since 1997….You find a method that works for you and stick with it. It might not be the "right"
way
but it works.

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Tacit
Mar 28, 2005
In article <d2915c$4g0$>,
"John DH" wrote:

But if it works for you then it is the "right" way, it’s a question of how you want to skin a particular cat.

Depends on WHY it works.

Most Photoshop users don’t understand that the Paint Bucket tool isn’t a fill tool; it’s a fill-by-sampled-color tool. So those users will use Photoshop, sometimes for years and years…

….and then one day use the Paint Bucket to try to fill a layer that is not empty, and they will get weird, unexpected results, and won’t understand why.

It is helpful, when using any program, to understand how the tools work, why they do what they do, and what the intent of the designers was.

A lot of people use Photoshop as a blunt instrument, just whacking away at it until they make it work. Yes, you can get things done that way, but slowly and inefficiently, and with sometimes unexpected, frustrating, or confusing results. Why not instead learn why and how the tools are intended to work, and then use them that way? In my experience, this makes for both better results and less frustration.


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Larry Bud
Mar 28, 2005
Tacit wrote:
In article ,
"" <daznotathome.com> wrote:

I would like to take a photo and make it so the centre is sharp and
the
outer edges are blurred and white(like an old fashioned picture)
how can i
acheive this? thanks

Many people have already given you techniques which will work. The techniques described so far are cumbersome, though. there are many
ways
to do this which are easier.

Here is one:

Step 1: Make a selection around the part of the image you wish to preserve.
Step 2: Feather the selection.
Step 3: Press the Delete key on the keyboard.

You’re going to have to invert the selection between #2 and 3, otherwise you’ll delete the part you want to keep.

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