Vignette Tutorial
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Create a new layer
(ctrl+shift+N)
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Select the "Rectangular marquee Tool
(N)
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Draw a rectangle around the area you do not want the vignette to be
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On the menu bar, go to "Select", then "Inverse"
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On the menu bar, got to "Select", then "Feather"
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Type in the feather radius, it will depend on the size of your picture, so you might have to play around with it...I use "50"
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Select the "Paint Bucket Tool" (Make sure your color is set to black)
(G)
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Fill the layer with black
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSF45QKROTc2Crzyxq4W4nydL66njhIGaYHbOH2agS2wSKjhOVfNsLvRTMMETyZNPABnK2H4Br2_lpjhR6EnQqgaeJXXtbMUndp1z2dMJkmyyo6jsQl_-c0Q12uTT-AknfS-H_2H27oHw/s400/Picture+10.png)
Now change the opacity of the layer to taste, then merge all layers and that's it!
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Hope this comes in handy!
1 Comments:
nice tutorial
Jeanie
April 9, 2008 at 11:12 PM
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