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I need to create a white gradient text box over a background photo. Please take a look at this sample:
http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=13EWsrgyHCHak3Aqfn6SvNPkyvbNd
This was created with the blend tool, but I don't like the hard dropoffs at the edges of the white. I want to create a gradient white going top to bottom, but with an opacity dropoff (with soft edge) so top and bottom are 0 percent as shown.
The problem is, I can't figure out how to apply different opacities to different parts of the gradient. I'd like to make the center 100 percent, and grade out to zero top and bottom. Any way to do this? Or is there another tool I should be using?
Thanks,
Eugene

It's a dodle.
Let me introduce you to the wonderfull world of opacity masks.
Click on the layer (the white box in this case) that you want to fade at the edges, make sure the transparancy window is open (if not: Window>Transparancy) and left click the little arrow in the top right hand corner and click "Make opacity mask".
Now left click once in the little black box that's just appeared in the Transparancy window.
Now draw a box exactly over the white box (you can over the side edges with no problems in this instance, but it's best to do best practices).
Now with this new box selected create a gradient that goes from 100% black to white (in the middle) to 100% black again. You need to make sure it's pure black, I don't work in CMYK normally, but I know that if I am working in RGB I need to make sure I am using black and white RGB values and not CMYK (that could be "fixed" in CS4).
Make sure the gradient rotation is going the right way and your pretty much done.
You can alter the colour saturation levels to tweak the transparancy level.
Once your done click the left box in the Transparancy window.
Now your done, the Opacity Mask will remain attatched to your artwork until you de-tatch it.
Hope that helps and is actually what your asking for.
Regards
Paul

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