Fading around edge of images [cs3]

I've spent a fair bit of time a few times, using the eraser tool and soft brush to `fade' around the edges of photos so they don't appear hard but blend with the background in some smooth way near the edges.
I'm pretty sure this could be done using some kind of masking. I don't understand much about masking but wondered if someone might walk me through it, at least in broad outline.
I'm hoping I could create some kind of mask that could be used over any image of the right size. So that, if I had a bunch of same sized images I could make one mask and then tranfer the layer to all the pictures.
I'd like the end result to look something like the quicky sloppy job <ahref="www.jtan.com/~reader/vu/disp.cgi"> <b>HERE</b> </a>
where the top picture is unedited and I've used the big soft eraser around the edges of the bottom picture.
[ NOTE:
I can't seem to master the new controls on this forum so not sure how to enter a url and make it clickable... one failed attempt above.
Here is the site to copy and paste: www.jtan.com/~reader/vu/disp.cgi
Once more usging the insert tool:

if you are going to save your same sized picture in different names, like pic1, pic2 and so on:
drag all your pic to your main PSD
in the layer pallate, select them all
create folder for them
ctrl+click on one of the layers
you get the selection
select the folder
hit the create mask, now all your PICs are masked
select the mask and unlick the link sign
ctrl+T to control the size of the mask
feather it or blur it
thats it , you got one mask for all layers. you can delete, add and do anaything with one mask.
the idea of the mask is:
black and white, imagine you are in a dark room. you do not see any thing, since you turn on your tourch you see the ojects that stay under the spot light.
cheers

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