I'm new to the forum and this is my first post. Thank you for reading and helping.
I've never used photoshop until a few days ago and I'm a little lost and need some advice.
I am trying to making a Mother's day gift for my wife. We have 1 son that rules our lives now and I couldn't imagine life without him or my wife. So this means a lot to me and I want to make it, but I need some help since I've run into a wall.
The link below contains the image and file that I have been working on and trying to recreate. The JPG is what I want my TIFF file to look like. http://i.imgur.com/vSqvSZP.jpg
PROBLEM: I don't know how the text is faded on the edges of the silhouette. I tried using the gradient tool, but it fades the too much texts. I only want the text to be faded so the lyrics don't over power the silhouette on the edges.
What tool do I use to do blacken only the edges of the text? Any other ideas on how to make this look better? I am going to print this on a 24"x30" canvas so 1 inch around the entire picture will be lost. I will be submitting the tiff file make the large print and cannot use a pdf.
Also, I cannot add a period at the very end. It keeps making the period at the beginning of the sentence of the last line.
If you can help, please please reply.
Here is a link to all the files I have been working on and my progress thus far.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/xjr8nef2onoh206/AADNDvINNbJ3ZsQV-NoFQv_Sa?dl=0
I've never used photoshop until a few days ago and I'm a little lost and need some advice.
I am trying to making a Mother's day gift for my wife. We have 1 son that rules our lives now and I couldn't imagine life without him or my wife. So this means a lot to me and I want to make it, but I need some help since I've run into a wall.
The link below contains the image and file that I have been working on and trying to recreate. The JPG is what I want my TIFF file to look like. http://i.imgur.com/vSqvSZP.jpg
PROBLEM: I don't know how the text is faded on the edges of the silhouette. I tried using the gradient tool, but it fades the too much texts. I only want the text to be faded so the lyrics don't over power the silhouette on the edges.
What tool do I use to do blacken only the edges of the text? Any other ideas on how to make this look better? I am going to print this on a 24"x30" canvas so 1 inch around the entire picture will be lost. I will be submitting the tiff file make the large print and cannot use a pdf.
Also, I cannot add a period at the very end. It keeps making the period at the beginning of the sentence of the last line.
If you can help, please please reply.
Here is a link to all the files I have been working on and my progress thus far.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/xjr8nef2onoh206/AADNDvINNbJ3ZsQV-NoFQv_Sa?dl=0