WIN: gradient in specific area

Hallo,
Every now and then you see pictures in black and white where, around the head of the person portrayed, you see the background lighting up, as to draw the attention to the person. In a darkroom one would mask of parts of the photo while exposing. Can this be done in Elements 2.0 ?
Thanks, Sjef

Sjef,
There are various ways to do this, here are 2:
A. 1. Duplicate background layer
2. Create new layer and fill with white (Edit>Fill layer - white)
3. In layers palette, drag this layer between the other two layers
4. On top layer of stack, make a selection, for example with the
elliptic marquee tool,then go to select>inverse, go to
select>feather (try 25)
5. Press delete on keyboard
B. 1. Duplicate background layer, then shut off visibility
of background layer by clicking on its eye icon
2. Create new layer and fill with 50% gray (Edit>fill)
This layer should be at the top of the stack in the layers
palette. Set the blending mode to overlay
3. Go to Filter>Render>Lighting effects. Here there are
available a plethora of effects, such as spotlight, and in
various colors if you so desire. The size of the effect is
adjustable from within the selection box, but one can also
fine tune the effect with the eraser tool applied to the 50%
gray layer.
Hope that this helps. Let us know how you make out.
Ken

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