STEP ONE
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Begin with a selection with the Elliptical marquee ( ).
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STEP TWO
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Select two colors. A lighter one for your foreground and black for the background.
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STEP THREE
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With the Linear Gradient selected ( ), click and hold the left mouse button
and drag downward to the area you want the black. (hold the shift key while doing this to hold the direction in a straight line)
You should
now have a similar image to below. Keep the selection active!
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STEP FOUR
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Create a new layer by clicking the new layer icon in the Layers pallete ( ).
Now move the selection by selecting the move tool ( or press V on the keyboard), and click and hold on the edge of the selection
where the 'marching ants' are - move it down a little bit.
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STEP FIVE
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Select the Elliptical Marquee again and while holding down ALT, remove part of the selection
by creating another ellipse a little lower then before. If you don't get the desired shape, press CTRL + Z to undo and try again.
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STEP SIX
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Select white as your foreground color and press ALT + BACKSPACE to fill the selection (Or you can select Edit -> Fill from the menu.
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STEP SEVEN
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Goto 'Select -> Inverse' from the menu. Now choose 'Select -> Feather' from the menu. In the
option popup that follows, enter 3 (or similar to your liking). Then press BACKSPACE two or three times to get the desired effect.
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