Feathering a Black Border

[Idolise]

Okay I'm making an image and I want to create a black border around a freely drawn selection but then feather it in so the opacity of the black border starts at 0 and ends at 100. How would I do this?

Cheers.

[pdnnoob]

Find the "drop shadow" plugin and turn up the blur radius

[Idolise]

Find the "drop shadow" plugin and turn up the blur radius

I downloaded the drop shadow plugin but how do I get my shadow to reach the edge of the page? The width of the shadow is about 2cm and I need it to be about 10.

Edit: If I untick keep original image it reaches the end of the page but then I cannot get it to feather as much as I would like.

Edited December 14, 2011 by Idolise

[yellowman]

Try Shaped Gradient:

Or Trial 3D:

Slight Gaussian Blur after that will do the job.

[pdnnoob]

you're looking for a really thick edge then o.o In that case, duplicate the layer and use the brightness and contrast adjustment to make the bottom layer completely black. Then, run outline object until you get an outline 5cm thick. Use gaussian blur to get the desired results.