As discussed in the previous article: 'Photoshop Gradient Tool: Blending Images' (aka Part 1), whether I’m just doing basic 'darkroom' work, or creating a composite image, using Photoshop’s Gradient ...

Sitting quietly in the Tools panel of the popular image editors Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, and Pixelmator, is the Gradient tool, a wonderfully useful painting tool that lets you create a ...

Finally, let’s darken the outside edges of the image, in order to further re-direct attention to the primary subject. Any Adjustment Layer that will darken the image would be fine; let’s use Curves.