[cindyannb]

First of all, I love this newsletter! There are so many talented people out there. I especially liked Brandy Hackman's layout in todays newsletter. I would really like to know how she did the photo like that. I have tried in the past to make a photo partly transparent with no success. Would love to see her talk about how she made this layout in a future newsletter.

[PBarnes]

What program are you using? It looks like she did a Marquee selection tool or the Polygonal lasso tool with a pretty large feather. I know the feathering is available in the Adobe probrams and I'm pretty sure that it is available in most of the programs people are using.

[Canyon Momma]

There was a whole thread about fading into the background. Maybe I can find it.

[Ngaire]

Another way to do this is with layer masking which is a very fun technique.

[jonjonsmom]

I'll have to keep up with this thread cuz I loved the look too.