how do i fade a image gradualy?

hi, i have seen it on many sites where i image starts off full colour
and gradualy fades into nothing i like the effect and i no how to fade a image using the opacity and fill.

any idea's

thanks

Hi there, I'm not sure if when you say fade to nothing you mean transparency or a neutral colour but here's one way

Make a new image with a white background or whatever colour you want your image to fade to

Make a new layer and copy the image you want to fade into it then go to the channels palette in your new layer and make a new channel (the button's at the bottom of the channel palette second from the right)

Click on your new channel then choose the gradiant tool and make sure you foreground and background colours are default black and white the drag the gradiant tool across your new channel

Now go back to your layers pallete and Ctrl + Alt + 4 to load the channel into your image

Now copy the image while the channel is loaded then make a new layer and paste and you should see something like you are describing

I'm sure you'll hear many suggestions for acheiving this effect but that's photoshop for you

Hope it helps anyway

Cheers

D.....

Click layer mask, make sure default colors are on, click gradient, drag from left to right, or top to bottom. Done.

thanks guys!