How to soften/transform the background edges of a picture

Working with PS CS 5.5
Background:
I have succsssfully used the Transform=>Skew command to 'square' a photo of an art canvas. And have cropped the photo to the edge of the canvas.
Question:
What are the steps/strategy to selecting the black/dark background and converting to a transparent or lighter color.
Thanks in advance.

Hello!
You might want to look if one channel doest not hold most of the difference in darkness,
But I'm wondering if using the dodge tool in a straight line (click, shift+click) might not give sufficiently good results.

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