Looking for a tutorial

[dark_x_huntress]

I had a few tuts on this saved but they have since been removed or the step by step images deleted so I'm hoping someone knows of a good tutorial for this particular graphic. I use Photoshop CS5

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[artphilia]

The credits aren't mine. Please visit berensonmoved. Maybe there you'll get some answers.
I'd just go for a huge, soft eraser tool. Don't think it's that complicated to create that sort of fade effect. I was just to lazy to create my own header the other day and I loved what berensonmoved created.

[dark_x_huntress]

Thanks for letting me know!

[maffinoyobiai]

Cut your subject from the background, paste on a new document with a background color of your choosing, fade edges by carefully using a large soft round brush, make a new layer and do filter > render > clouds set it soft light, add a psd and POOF Need any more help lemme know :)

[dark_x_huntress]

Okay I tried what you said and it worked!! Thank you so much, I really appreciate it. It was the fading edges part that I was missing and that was making the image look fake. I think I need to fade the edges a bit more but it's looking a heck of a lot better than before.

[beetle_breath]

Another trick is to add a layer mask and add a gradient [white to black] on the mask layer to fade it out

[maffinoyobiai]

It looks great! I'm glad I could help :D