Photoshop :: Blend One Layer Into Another
Mar 25, 2003How do you blend one layer into another..
so it like fades into the next one.
How do you blend one layer into another..
so it like fades into the next one.
I have "group1" and inside that group, only one layer: "layer1". The blending mode for "group1" is vivid light and for "layer1" it's "normal".
Now, if I change "group1" to "pass through" and "layer1" to "vivid light" ... the result is completely different, while it should be the same, shouldn't it?
this is my problem:
Pic 1. I have an image I want to use as a background, however the image is not complete. I need a part of pic 2 to fullfill it.
Pic 2. The colors around the object doesn't match the colors of Pic 1.
Normally it would be best to cut the object out. However in this case it wouldn't look nice (the object is mixed out (in color) with the rest of the image). If I cut out something the object won't look "proper".
My question:
How can I blend pic 2 on pic 1, using the original object from pic 2 (as it is), and at the same time blend the colors around it, so that it matches that of pic 1 / or simply remove it somehow?
How do I make the edges of the top layer blend in with the bottom layer so you cannot tell that there is a line??? I want to make it look like a heart but I don't know how to smoothen the edges to make it look like it is part of the bottom layer so when I merge the layers there is no goofy lines looking like someone cropped another fire picture out...
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I'm trying to blend the background of one layer into the background layer.
Here's the picture without the layer I want to blend:
And here's the picture with the layer I want to blend:
I want the background of the pic in the middle to blend in with the gradient background.
Is there a way we can get like gradients of one layer mode to another. Or from normal to "overlay in a gradient fashion?"
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