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334 CHAPTER 9 ADVANCED DRAWING Then just drag in the image to draw the gradient. You can drag exactly vertically or horizontally (remember, holding down the Control key while you drag will help by constraining the gradient s angle to a multiple of 15 degrees), or you can drag in any direction you like. In this case, I started with a layer that had text and drop shadow already merged together, and then dragged diagonally, from the lower-right toward the upper-left of the text-and-shadow layer (Figure 9-1). You can see the gradient in the layer mask s thumbnail in the Layers dialog. Figure 9-1. A gradient on the layer mask makes the text fade. Making a Fuzzy Border A layer mask can also give an image a fuzzy border, so that it fades into the background. This gives a nice effect for images included on web pages. The procedure is very straightforward. First choose your favorite selection tool. Turn on feathering (you ll probably want as much feathering as possible), and then make a selection where you want your border to be (Figure 9-2).
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