How to get transition pattern/image to work?

[vbtricks]

Salut,

for a new layout for my website I want to pattern the body with Part A picture below. In the center of the page there should appear Part B.

On the right side the transition works already (in fact Part A is from the right side of Part .

But can't get the transition to work of the left side (at least with my knowledge). Part A should not be color adjusted.

What I tried already:

I used the magic wand tool on the blue part on the top of Part A below. Then I created a gradient from black (full opacity) to black (zero opacity) as you can see below "Opacity layer". Then I wanted to insert Part A in a third layer over "opacity layer" and set its display mode to "additive" (as I thought that Part A would be drawn over Part B with opacity values gradient from the opacity level. Unfortunately it did not work properly.

So how can I get the transition to work?

Edit

Just some seconds after I clicked Send I got another idea and it worked. I used the magic wand tool to copy the blue part of Part A and Part B to a new layer. Then I used the Motion Blur effect on the new layer (0 degrees, centered off, 40 pix distance). The black part (banister of the bridge) was now blurred by the layer above. Using an eraser for that part removed the effect and the transition is now smooth as wanted.

Thanks in advance,

Stefan

[spike 121]

maybe the feather plugin?

http://paintdotnet.12.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=2498

[Bob]

Edit:Just some seconds after I clicked Send I got another idea and it worked.

This is old and dead. But thanks for trying to help.