Hi all, Still pretty new to designing sites on Photoshop and I cant figure out how to fade, blend, merge how ever you want to describe it an image to a solid colour. If you look at the examples below, it makes it clear. http://www.imenestrelli.it/ - wood effect fades and blends to a solid brown http://sycfuk.com/ - brick effect fades and blends to a solid white http://www.cyclo.ps/about/ - wood effect fades and blends to a solid brown http://designreviver.com/ - slate concrete effect fades and blends to black
All the above examples show the exact same thing, a background image fading nicely to a solid colour to finish the site off. Is this a trick of the eye or can you do this in photoshop? If so how? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks
the last one was done using a light render. you just have whatever background you want then go to filter - render - lighting effects. This image was made with the lighting down style http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq75/portlandwebdesign/wood.jpg
the others could be made using a mask. you apply a layer mask to the layer, have your background below the layer, then use the gradient tool to erase the layer.
Still pretty new to designing sites on Photoshop and I cant figure out how to fade, blend, merge how ever you want to describe it an image to a solid colour. If you look at the examples below, it makes it clear.
http://www.imenestrelli.it/ - wood effect fades and blends to a solid brown
http://sycfuk.com/ - brick effect fades and blends to a solid white
http://www.cyclo.ps/about/ - wood effect fades and blends to a solid brown
http://designreviver.com/ - slate concrete effect fades and blends to black
All the above examples show the exact same thing, a background image fading nicely to a solid colour to finish the site off. Is this a trick of the eye or can you do this in photoshop? If so how? Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks
http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq75/portlandwebdesign/wood.jpg
the others could be made using a mask. you apply a layer mask to the layer, have your background below the layer, then use the gradient tool to erase the layer.
http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq75/portlandwebdesign/wood2.jpg
read this article. it will tell you how i made the images above
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/photos ... ayer-mask/