Step by Step Instructions

Creating Faded Edges

There are several ways to create edges on an image which fade away into the background. One way is as follows:

1. Begin with a canvas which is larger than the image to be blurred, around all four edges. One way to do this is to use the Image->Canvas Size dialog.

2. Use the marquee tool to select an area which is a few pixels in from the edge of the image.

3. Use Select->Invert to select the border around the image.

Use Select->Feather to blur the selected area by a few pixels. A value of 4 pixels was used here.

Now, use Filter->Blur-> Gaussian Blur to produce the final effect. A value of 4.1 was used.

Finally, crop any unneeded whitespace around the image and save it.

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