Fade image to a black background

hey guys,
im trying to fade an image to a black background. i was able to fade the image from a few tutorials but not quite how i want to. i want to the image to fade into the black background. i was able to get the image to fade but its fading into a bright white. hopefully this is a quick one for one of you out there
thank you
jon

I'm not sure if i understand exactly what You are trying to do, but if You change the "mode" from "screen" to "normal" and drag the pointer from left- to right (or remove the "reverse" and drag from the right to left) I'm sure it's about what You are trying to do.
Another way is to paint "the edges" with a large soft brush in the same color as the background.

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