Photoshop - blending layers

[boYce]

On photoshop i have 2 layers. the top one is an Alias rendering of a radio, the second one is the radio in the same position but it X-ray mode. At the mid point of the screen i want the top layer to fade out by a gradent and the second layer to fade in. so the left hand side is X-ray radio and the right hand side is full rendering and the middle is a gradent blend between the two.

How do i do this?

 

[gord]

If i understand correctly, you could do it by a selection of half the screen, feather this so that you get your gradient effect. Try about 50px. Then delete that selection on your top layer.

That should mean that the image blends across if your top layer is the full render and bottom is xray.

 

[matja]

I prefer the technique of using a layer mask, thus you preserve the contents of the layers, and you can tweak the mask until you get the effect how you want it.

Say you have your two images as layers, click on the top layer and click the mask button, click on the mask preview image (next to the layer preview) and paint or use the gradient tool to do a black->white gradient. White will become the layer the mask is on, and black will become the output of the layers under the mask layer.

example:

 

[Brizzles]

I prefer the technique of using a layer mask, thus you preserve the contents of the layers, and you can tweak the mask until you get the effect how you want it.

Say you have your two images as layers, click on the top layer and click the mask button, click on the mask preview image (next to the layer preview) and paint or use the gradient tool to do a black->white gradient. White will become the layer the mask is on, and black will become the output of the layers under the mask layer.

^^^

I've been trying to think of how to explain a way to do it since the question was posted.

Excellent post Matja