How Do You Do This in Photoshop?

[Noimus]

Hey guys. I have this picture

I want to make the picture like this

Like the side are black and they are fading inward. Like I want to do that to my picture where the middle is the same but the sides are like that in the picture. Can anyone guide me?

Noimus Reviewed by Noimus on 18th Jan 2012. How Do You Do This in Photoshop? Hey guys. I have this picture http://i.lulzimg.com/b252169674.jpg I want to make the picture like this http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxybkcX9dz1qg9kfqo1_500.jpg Like the side are black and they are fading inward. Like I want to do that to my picture where the middle is the same but the sides are like that in the picture. Can anyone guide me? Rating: 5

[RT]

just get a soft brush and start brushing the sides.

[Noimus]

But it wouldn't look nice and feathered like how it is here :/

[Dean2k]

100-200px soft brush (black) and fade inwards
Simples.

Also, they've probably burned parts of it and set different layer tones and then added some lighting behind the text.

Theres more to that image than just soft fading.

[RT]

It would, or you can make everything black and get a soft eraser and erase the middle part.

[gamelord]

wtf just use a black to layer, round gradient and you will have it

[Noimus]

How do you do that?

[immu]

i'm not pro in PS

with best of my knowledge, to get exactly that kind of shadings you need to edit 1st with picassa (similar application) import it to PS and play with Fonts.

anyhow, this link may help you fallow it

http://www.createblog.com/photoshop-tutorials/13975-faded-edges-/

[RT]

Here is a quick one.

http://i.lulzimg.com/152ce71425.png

[Noimus]

^How'd you do that? Can you teach me?