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I have a TIFF file which I am placing in an InDesign CS2 document. I want it feathered on one side and want the feathered edge to blend with the background of the document in which it is being placed, i.e. I want the feathered bit to be transparent and to blend.
InDesign feathers all edges of the image. This is ok but it would be better if only the one edge was feathered. In Photoshop, I made a selection along the edge I want to feathered and feathered it by 20 pixels. (Foreground color was set to black and background colour set to white). It appeared to work fine in Photoshop, when I placed the image into my InDesign document, the feathered bit appeared white, not transparent.
I tried to make a clipping mask without success – it stayed white. I saved the file as an EPS file. It still remained white. Perhaps this is because of other layers I have under the feathered layer I have in the image.
Essentially, my question is how best to feather an image on one side so that that side appears transparent when placed into an InDesign document.
I look forward to your suggestions.
thanks.
Frank
InDesign feathers all edges of the image. This is ok but it would be better if only the one edge was feathered. In Photoshop, I made a selection along the edge I want to feathered and feathered it by 20 pixels. (Foreground color was set to black and background colour set to white). It appeared to work fine in Photoshop, when I placed the image into my InDesign document, the feathered bit appeared white, not transparent.
I tried to make a clipping mask without success – it stayed white. I saved the file as an EPS file. It still remained white. Perhaps this is because of other layers I have under the feathered layer I have in the image.
Essentially, my question is how best to feather an image on one side so that that side appears transparent when placed into an InDesign document.
I look forward to your suggestions.
thanks.
Frank
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