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500 Photographers. Tutorial - How to Design Feathered Edges in Photoshop. This tutorial will explain how to create soft edges on an image in Photoshop so it will blend into the background. We will be using a photo of a 72 Chevrolet Nova and giving it a black background as shown below. 1. Copy the original image: Copy the image so you still have the original, and work from the copy. 2.

Consider the finished size: Before cropping the image leave enough background so you can feather the edges. 3. Blot out areas in the background that will distract from the quality of the image with the rubber stamp or smudge tool. 4. Use one of the selection tools to highlight the area you want to feather. 5. In order to highlight your border evenly on all edges turn on the ruler and measure the same amount in the numbered guide on both width and height. The image of the Nova with the border selected: 6. You will be copying the image and pasting it onto another background but first you need to set the background color of the new image. 7. 8.

Now choose "edit / copy" and then "new". Backgrounds. American Photo. DIGITAL CAMERA LUMIX | Customer Support | Panasonic. New GF1 ACR & Lightroom 2 Profiles Available: Micro Four Thirds. Weekly Photography Tips.