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How to Use Photoshop’s Fade Command

March 20, 2009

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Contributor Nicole Young shows you how to use Photoshop’s fade command.

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  1. Mike Lippeth permalink
    March 20, 2009 6:25 am

    I use the fade command all the time. Especially with different blend modes.

    Thanks for sharing Nicole!

  2. March 20, 2009 7:23 am

    I love your tutorials Nicole, really helpful. Thanks

  3. March 20, 2009 7:43 am

    Thank you, I really enjoy these video tutorials

  4. Steve Nixon permalink
    March 20, 2009 8:26 am

    What an awesome little trick :)

  5. Ron permalink
    March 20, 2009 10:25 am

    Nicole,

    Great video, as usual! What are the benefits of this approach to sharpening versus using unsharp mask? The ability to do localized sharpening?

    Ron

  6. March 20, 2009 2:27 pm

    Thanks! I appreciate all of your video tutorials. You make it very easy to follow!

  7. March 20, 2009 3:00 pm

    I prefer to use the High Pass filter when I do my sharpening, mostly just because I feel like I have more control over the effect when I do it that way. It can also give your photo a neat grungy look if you over-do it, which can be appealing for some subjects if done right.

    I don’t know all the technical stuff behind how the unsharp mask works in Photoshop, but from what I do know they basically work the same … they make the image appear sharper by increasing the contrast to the edges. BTW it is a little easier to understand (and basically the same process only in digital form) if you know how it is done in a wet darkroom.

  8. March 20, 2009 3:09 pm

    Thank you for posting this.

  9. March 20, 2009 3:25 pm

    Thank you for the tutorials. :)
    I do this edit: I use ctrl+J (for PC) or cmd+J (for mac) to copy the layer, then I go to filter>other>high pass and I apply the filter. Then I can change the opacity of the layer. The efect is the same but your workflow looks quicker.
    Thanks. :)

  10. March 20, 2009 8:13 pm

    More stuff from Nicole!

  11. March 20, 2009 8:55 pm

    Yes, I do this a lot too, especially when I want to use a mask to only sharpen a specific part of the image, like the eyes.

    I was mostly trying to show how to use the fade filter in the tutorial, and thought I’d throw an extra tip as well, instead of just using a random filter I never use for the demonstration. :)

  12. Ron permalink
    March 20, 2009 9:20 pm

    Thanks, Nicole.

  13. March 22, 2009 3:04 am

    Thanks for the tips Nicole! :)

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