Bleeding edges on a picture

[JonathanBird]

Hi all,

 

I'm sorry - this is probably going to be so basic to you all but I need to blend a picture against a white border - how do I do this.

 

To explain further both sides (left and right) I want to fade in from a white background to reveal the picture? 

 

Thanks

[MikeRobe]

Hi Jonathan, welcome to the forums!

 

What you could do is get your picture on the bottom layer, your white background on the top layer. Now select the gradient tool with the white background layer selected. Now what you want to do, is at the top bar there should be what looks like a colour wheel next to the options for the gradient. Click it once, and it should change to a sort of checkerboard tile. Now select the linear gradient instead of half linear, and right click in the middle of the picture, hold shift and drag off to the left or right. This should give you the effect you want!