Fade Option

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Mel_Lewis
Jun 1, 2005
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I understand that Photoshop has a fade option to soften color. Does anyone know if this can be accomplished on Elements?
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Mel Lewis
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CW
Colin Walls
Jun 1, 2005
There is a Fade command in PS, but that has nothing to do with "softening" colour [whatever that actually means].

What do you actually want to achieve?

Do you mean desaturate colour? If so, there is a command to do this and an adjustment layer [Hue and Saturation].
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Barbara_Brundage
Jun 1, 2005
As Colin said, the Fade command has nothing to directly with softening color. To simulate fading in PE, make an adjustment on a duplicate layer and reduce the opacity till the effect reaches the level you want. If necessary change the blend mode of the new layer.
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Colin Walls
Jun 1, 2005
Barbara

IMHO that method is actually better than the Fade command – more forgiving.

But I’m not sure that the OP is really after this at all.
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Barbara_Brundage
Jun 1, 2005
But I’m not sure that the OP is really after this at all.

Yes, I wonder, too. Mel, can you explain what you want to do?
ML
Mel_Lewis
Jun 2, 2005
I haven’t been very clear in my description of my problem. To be more more precise here is what I am doing. I am working on a series of indoor photos that exhibit a definate yellow-orangish color cast. To correct this problem, I used Kodak’s plug in, Professsional ROC. What this plug in does is automatically restore the proper color balance of photos. And in the main it works wonderfully; however, some of the adjusted photos are too "bright" overall. What I would like to do is tone down some of the excess brightness. This is the problem and I don’t know how to go about correcting it, hence my vague reference to a "fade" option. Any suggestions as to how I should proceeed would be appreciated.

Mel Lewis
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Colin Walls
Jun 2, 2005
I woul dsuggest that you add Levels and/or Hue&Sat adjustment layers and play with the settings. If you want to post an example somewhere [http://www.pixentral.com perhaps], I could be more specific.

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