Hi,
I have a simple rectangle with a solid grey color (#979797). I have added an
inner shadow with the angle 225. So the shadow is at the top and the right
side. I want to fade the shadow at the bottom, so at the very bottom it's only
the grey color. The canvas color is also 979797. When I add a mask with a
linear gradient the shadow does fade BUT the grey 979797 turns to a darker grey
at the faded part. Why does it do that? How do I make this work? Would really
appreciate your . :confused;

Can you post a link to the image in question?

Peter
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"Schmoo2" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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| Hi,
| I have a simple rectangle with a solid grey color (#979797). I have added
an
| inner shadow with the angle 225. So the shadow is at the top and the right
| side. I want to fade the shadow at the bottom, so at the very bottom it's
only
| the grey color. The canvas color is also 979797. When I add a mask with a
| linear gradient the shadow does fade BUT the grey 979797 turns to a darker
grey
| at the faded part. Why does it do that? How do I make this work? Would
really
| appreciate your . :confused;
|

yes please link?

Here comes a link to the image: http://www.ladda-upp.com/bilder/5474/image-in-fireworks

Your mask with a linear gradient doesn't fade the bottom the way you want
because it's a gradient. Where it's over the bottom, it's a grey value.
In order to mask the bottom off completely, the part of your mask for the
bottom needs to be solid (I can never remember white or black, sorry). On the
side you want it linear. You need to make a mask that has two parts: a
rectangle of a solid color covering the bottom and a rectangle with a gradient
in it for the right-hand side.

At least, if I understand what it is you're trying to do.

I don't understand. When I add a mask it applies to the whole canvas. How do I
add it to just part of it? I've selected a part of the mask and added the
gradient to that but it doesn't come out nice at all. Isn't there a way to just
fade the shadow?

Hi,

I'm sorry It's hard (for me) to understand exactly what you're trying to
create here. The image you supplied doesn't really unfortunately.
Without a better idea of what you're trying to achieve It's hard to give you
of any value.

Can you show us any examples of finished work that may give us a better idea
of what you'd like to do?

Peter
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"Schmoo2" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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|I don't understand. When I add a mask it applies to the whole canvas. How
do I
| add it to just part of it? I've selected a part of the mask and added the
| gradient to that but it doesn't come out nice at all. Isn't there a way to
just
| fade the shadow?
|

Hmmm... yes I know it's not always easy trying to explain in text. The thing is
that it shouldn't be hard to do (in my opinion :smile; ).

All I want (can't give you any finished work now) is a grey rectangle with an
inner shadow, where the shadow fades at the bottom (i.e. the shadow doesn't go
all the way to the bottom). Does it make any sense? Hope so, I really need your
.

I'm still not clear as to what you are trying to achieve - perhaps you could
point us towards an example of what you are trying to achieve somewhwere online
that would make things clearer?
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http://www.nationwidevehiclecontract...an_leasing.htm :
http://www.nationwidevehiclecontracts.co.uk/

I have a png like this
http://www.ladda-upp.com/bilder/5586...y-with-shadow; a grey
background with an inner shadow. I want the shadow that goes towards the bottom
of the image (at the right side) to fade. So that there is no shadow at all at
the bottom, i.e. the dark grey shadow should fade so only the background light
grey color is at the bottom.

Thanks för your !

this link was of great for me
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thanks

[q]Originally posted by: Schmoo2
I have a png like this
http://www.ladda-upp.com/bilder/5586...y-with-shadow; a grey
background with an inner shadow. I want the shadow that goes towards the bottom
of the image (at the right side) to fade. So that there is no shadow at all at
the bottom, i.e. the dark grey shadow should fade so only the background light
grey color is at the bottom.

Thanks för your ![/q]

Do you mean something like this:
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x...orks/fade.png?

If yes, then this is what I did:
- I started with a transparent canvas, just so I could see what I was doing.
- I made a rectangle, filled it with your grey (#979797).
- I selected Commands > Creative > Fade Image and selected the vertical linear
gradient that's in the upper right (at least in CS3)

At this point, I could see that the rectangle was fading towards the bottom,
because I could see the checkerboard of the transparent canvas showing through.
Next,
- I changed the color of the canvas to your grey, so that the fading rectangle
fades into this color.

(Just so you know...I never used the Fade Image option before this week. I
learn so much from this forum! :smile

the sugesstion on using the link proved very full for me.i would like to request for such links

[q]Originally posted by: DizzDizzy
this link was of great for me webforumsuser@macromedia.com
thanks[/q]

This is the form of an emailadress. Is that what you meant?

[Q]Originally posted by: pixlor
Do you mean something like this:
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x...orks/fade.png?[/Q]

That is sort of what I want, BUT you get the problem that I also get; the grey
color is supposed to be solid grey 979797 all over except for where the shadow
is but it is not. If you check the grey color with the Eyedropper tool it shows
that the grey is darker in the middle (where the shadow fades).

I can't get it to work with a solid (same) grey color.

[q]Originally posted by: Schmoo2
That is sort of what I want, BUT you get the problem that I also get; the grey
color is supposed to be solid grey 979797 all over except for where the shadow
is but it is not. If you check the grey color with the Eyedropper tool it shows
that the grey is darker in the middle (where the shadow fades).

I can't get it to work with a solid (same) grey color.[/q]
Ah, so I do! Dagnabit! :frown;

Okay...what about
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x...rks/fade2.png?
- Make a WHITE rectangle, apply the inner shadow, apply the linear fade.
- Above that, put a grey rectangle, and set the blending mode to Multiply.
(Blending mode is the drop-down box next to the opacity box.)

I think I got it that time! :smile;

I posted the question in another forum also and got an answer that worked for
me: see the last posted by Jeremy
http://www.fireworksguruforum.com/in...howtopic=12574 .

Thanks for all your input.

Sorry Pixlor - I haven't tried your version since I got it to work.

That's fine, Schmoo! As long as you have an answer that works and makes sense to you, that's the important thing.

:smile;