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Hello photoshop masters.
I was wondering if there is a way to make a gradient type effect transparent, if the original picture is opaque? Example in pic, up is the starting point, where this effect is black to white, and down is the desired point, where the gradient is now black transparent.
This is just an example pic
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You mean like this?
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>>308754
more like this
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>>308756
You mean afterwards?
If you don't have the layers you can only manually remove the black and then at the edges carefully try with a very soft big tip on the eraser to recreate the effect.
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>>308760
Yeah, after the effect is already placed. On a plain background, like full black or full white, not including the effect itself
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>>308764
Words are hard and explaining is harderer
Let's take this random picture from the internet. If I asked for you to get rid of the black background and make it transparent, would you be able to? And how?
If it is not possible, I'll just let this thread die in peace
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>>308772
that depends on your view of when black finishes
iv'e seen people do a much better job on gimp than PS with this problem (cutting out around flames etc)
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>>308772
on gimp, colors -> color to alpha, select color you want to be transparent (black in this case)
hf
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just seeing what this looks like
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>>308784
ye thats what i remember
i was trying to do this on PS and someone did it so easy on gimp
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>>308784
Great! This is exactly what I was looking for!
I guess Gimp can surprise sometimes!
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>>308764
Use a layer mask. A mask is an alpha channel, white is full opacity, black is zero. Then go over this mask with the gradient tool from white to black.
>>308784
Yes in certain cases there is this. But sing a filter only produces good results in very specific cases, like black background with a bright object that does not contain any black.
The filter cannot distinguish between background black and black in your object, it just removes everything. If for example you have a white background and then an object that has a shining flash in it too then the filter will destroy the white in your object too. So in the end you are again left with manual deleting.
So keep in mind OP that this is no always solution, it works depending on context.
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>>308796
forgt pic
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>>308796
thank you
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