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I'm not sure how precise the "overflow" gray area needs to be. If all you need is a gradual fade to black with no hard edges, here's another suggestion.
Once you've enlarged the canvas and filled with black, copy the entire image onto its own layer using Stamp Visible (Shft+Ctrl+Alt+E). You should now have one layer that looks exactly like the second image you posted—the one with the hard edge.
Using the elliptical marquee tool, create a circular selection around the perimeter of your gray overflow area. The border of your selection should be about in the middle of the gray area, as shown in the first image below.
Invert the selection and feather it by 3 or 4 pixels (Select>Modify>Feather).
With this selection active, apply a healthy gaussian blur. I used about 22 pixels.
The final result is my second image, below.

[ATTACH=full]135224[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH=full]135225[/ATTACH]

<blockquote data-quote="Rich54" data-source="post: 1533828464" data-attributes="member: 109010">I&#039;m not sure how precise the &quot;overflow&quot; gray area needs to be. If all you need is a gradual fade to black with no hard edges, here&#039;s another suggestion.<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Once you&#039;ve enlarged the canvas and filled with black, copy the entire image onto its own layer using Stamp Visible (Shft+Ctrl+Alt+E). You should now have one layer that looks exactly like the second image you posted—the one with the hard edge.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Using the elliptical marquee tool, create a circular selection around the perimeter of your gray overflow area. The border of your selection should be about in the middle of the gray area, as shown in the first image below.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Invert the selection and feather it by 3 or 4 pixels (Select&gt;Modify&gt;Feather).</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">With this selection active, apply a healthy gaussian blur. I used about 22 pixels.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The final result is my second image, below.</li>
</ul>[ATTACH=full]135224[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]135225[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rich54, post: 1533828464, member: 109010"] I'm not sure how precise the "overflow" gray area needs to be. If all you need is a gradual fade to black with no hard edges, here's another suggestion. [LIST] [*]Once you've enlarged the canvas and filled with black, copy the entire image onto its own layer using Stamp Visible (Shft+Ctrl+Alt+E). You should now have one layer that looks exactly like the second image you posted—the one with the hard edge. [*]Using the elliptical marquee tool, create a circular selection around the perimeter of your gray overflow area. The border of your selection should be about in the middle of the gray area, as shown in the first image below. [*]Invert the selection and feather it by 3 or 4 pixels (Select>Modify>Feather). [*]With this selection active, apply a healthy gaussian blur. I used about 22 pixels. [*]The final result is my second image, below. [/LIST] [ATTACH type="full"]135224[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]135225[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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