I am making a banner with a picture that is right justified and the remaining part of the banner a color I pull from the photo. I am also
trying to make a gradient to smooth the photo into the background.
I am able to crop and re-size the photo. I create a New Layer, color pick and fill the background and my banner looks good. I then
select the gradient tool and select Transparency mode. I click on the photo and the background color disappeares and starts
showing the transparancy checkerboard. I create the gradient and select another tool to deactivate it. After that my background
color never reappears.
So my banner has a photo that fades into a blank area. What am I doing wrong?