# Gradient question

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gradient-question/45259>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [March 12, 2004, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gradient-question/45259 "2004-03-12T15:23:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jhorra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d78d45/32.png) [@Jhorra](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jhorra)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gradient-question/45259/1 "2004-03-12T15:23:36Z")

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I don’t really know how to describe this, but when you put a layer over the top of a picture where it goes from a color and instead of the gradient going to a different color it goes to a clear area. Does that make sense?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gradient-question/45259/2 "2004-03-12T19:27:49Z")

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I mean a picture where you see it fade into the background. I assume this is achieved by putting a second layer on top of the picture that is the same color as the background and it fades to a clear opacity over the picture, thus giving the effect it fades into the background of the webpage.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gradient-question/45259/3 "2004-03-12T21:25:18Z")

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or as pr said, you can put any layer **underneath** the one you want to fade, give it a layer mask and fill the mask with a black&white gradient; it will fade your top layer out