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Offline Coyote71

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Fading
« on: December 23, 2011, 09:48:06 PM »
I get a lot of photo images to print on the DTG. I am trying to fade the egdes of the print so it does not look like a box. I have tried doing searchs, but have not been sucessful. I don't knoow what that type of effect is called  so the searches are not giving me the correct results. Does anyone know what it is called. Or how to do it? Thanks
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Re: Fading
« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2011, 11:42:43 PM »
Quote from: Coyote71 on December 23, 2011, 09:48:06 PM
I get a lot of photo images to print on the DTG. I am trying to fade the egdes of the print so it does not look like a box. I have tried doing searchs, but have not been sucessful. I don't knoow what that type of effect is called  so the searches are not giving me the correct results. Does anyone know what it is called. Or how to do it? Thanks

Not sure how you could do that in illustrator but in Photoshop I have a set of edge effect actions that came with Easy Art. I just select a edge effect and then use the lasso tool to define the boundaries.
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Re: Fading
« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2011, 11:54:57 PM »
Quote from: Preston on December 23, 2011, 11:42:43 PM
Not sure how you could do that in illustrator but in Photoshop I have a set of edge effect actions that came with Easy Art. I just select a edge effect and then use the lasso tool to define the boundaries.
Thanks P. Will search edge effects. I am using Photoshop to prep my files.
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Re: Fading
« Reply #3 on: December 24, 2011, 12:06:55 AM »
do a search for vignette photoshop
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Re: Fading
« Reply #4 on: December 24, 2011, 12:10:13 AM »
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Re: Fading
« Reply #5 on: December 28, 2011, 04:58:12 PM »
Create a mask and feather the edges
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Re: Fading
« Reply #6 on: December 29, 2011, 09:22:21 AM »
I do those all the time using frames. Convert the frame to a bitmap and apply a gaussian blur. (This one's a little rough but you get the idea...)

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Re: Fading
« Reply #7 on: December 29, 2011, 12:12:26 PM »
Shannon

when I do the blur the whole image blurs not just the outside.  Can you list how to do that step by step?

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Re: Fading
« Reply #8 on: December 29, 2011, 04:53:10 PM »
Quote from: Big Frank Sports on December 29, 2011, 12:12:26 PM
when I do the blur the whole image blurs not just the outside.  Can you list how to do that step by step?

You want to blur the frame, not the photo. Here's the step by step of how I did it...

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Re: Fading
« Reply #9 on: December 29, 2011, 06:31:28 PM »
Just like a "gradient mask" in Illustrator.....
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Re: Fading
« Reply #10 on: December 29, 2011, 10:02:52 PM »
Thanks guys. All good info that will help make a better product. Thanks again
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