PhotoLine Tip 4: Fade one image into another
 
1. You should have two images (painted, scanned, ...) which you want to fade.  
  
2. Select Edit Mask (click on the right button under the foreground/background color field)  
 
3. Create a Circle blend from black, no transparent, to black full transparency, like this: 
 

4. Apply the circle blend on the mask, you should get something like this (you can setup the appearance of the mask at Options/Common/Mask): 
 

5. Invert the mask, click on Tool/Mask/Invert

6. Leave the Edit Mask state(click once more on the right button under the 
foreground/background color field)   

7. To avoid that the Lasso from the water image destroies the mask from the snow 
image deactivate the Options/Common/Lasso/Lasso automatically to mask button. 

8. Activate the Water image by clicking on the title bar of the Window. Activate the Lasso Tool at the toolbar (it doesn't matter if there is free/rectangle or circle lasso). 
Now press Ctrl + A to select the whole picture. 

9. Drag the water image to the snow image and place it at the round mask. 

 

10. Set the water image into the snow image (normally double click the selection) and then deselect the selection (Press Ctrl + D

 
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