Word 2000 - fade edges of photo inserted in document

Word 2000 bulletin in progress: have a photo Dad wants to fade the edges on
for cover (oval, square shape etc). He has done this previously years ago but
can't remember how he did it, or which program. I've tried Picture Editor and
see no such effect, same for Paint (all XP 2000 versions).

Can anyone give tips on how one might do this?
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AJ

Jezebel
Fri Jul 07 04:02:04 CDT 2006

You *might* be able to get an acceptable effect by superimposing a rectangle
using a semi-transparent fill effect; but as a general principle, Word is
seriously lousy for editing graphics. You'd be much better off using a
graphic editor. You can find superseded versions of Corel or Photoshop at
garage sales for just a few dollars.



"AJ" <AJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Word 2000 bulletin in progress: have a photo Dad wants to fade the edges
> on
> for cover (oval, square shape etc). He has done this previously years ago
> but
> can't remember how he did it, or which program. I've tried Picture Editor
> and
> see no such effect, same for Paint (all XP 2000 versions).
>
> Can anyone give tips on how one might do this?
> --
> AJ

JLatham
Fri Jul 07 16:38:02 CDT 2006

I agree that 3rd party graphic editor is the best way to get the effect
desired and others.
Two excellent, FREE, graphic tools are
IrfanView available at www.irfanview.com
and
GIMP - Windows version available through http://www.gimp.org/windows/


"Jezebel" wrote:

> You *might* be able to get an acceptable effect by superimposing a rectangle
> using a semi-transparent fill effect; but as a general principle, Word is
> seriously lousy for editing graphics. You'd be much better off using a
> graphic editor. You can find superseded versions of Corel or Photoshop at
> garage sales for just a few dollars.
>
>
>
> "AJ" <AJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C6A3931D-29CD-4968-A731-EE0FA85FB6F0@microsoft.com...
> > Word 2000 bulletin in progress: have a photo Dad wants to fade the edges
> > on
> > for cover (oval, square shape etc). He has done this previously years ago
> > but
> > can't remember how he did it, or which program. I've tried Picture Editor
> > and
> > see no such effect, same for Paint (all XP 2000 versions).
> >
> > Can anyone give tips on how one might do this?
> > --
> > AJ
>
>
>

Doug
Fri Jul 07 09:30:36 CDT 2006

You can do it with Word 2007. If you want to stick with Word 2000, then I
think that you will need to use some form of graphics package. Try googling
for soft edges and see what you turn up. There are probably some freebies
or free trials that you can make use of.

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"AJ" <AJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C6A3931D-29CD-4968-A731-EE0FA85FB6F0@microsoft.com...
> Word 2000 bulletin in progress: have a photo Dad wants to fade the edges
> on
> for cover (oval, square shape etc). He has done this previously years ago
> but
> can't remember how he did it, or which program. I've tried Picture Editor
> and
> see no such effect, same for Paint (all XP 2000 versions).
>
> Can anyone give tips on how one might do this?
> --
> AJ

Graham
Sun Jul 09 09:13:42 CDT 2006

SnagIt will do this - there is a trial :)

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP wrote:
> You can do it with Word 2007. If you want to stick with Word 2000,
> then I think that you will need to use some form of graphics package.
> Try googling for soft edges and see what you turn up. There are
> probably some freebies or free trials that you can make use of.
>
>
> "AJ" <AJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C6A3931D-29CD-4968-A731-EE0FA85FB6F0@microsoft.com...
>> Word 2000 bulletin in progress: have a photo Dad wants to fade the
>> edges on
>> for cover (oval, square shape etc). He has done this previously
>> years ago but
>> can't remember how he did it, or which program. I've tried Picture
>> Editor and
>> see no such effect, same for Paint (all XP 2000 versions).
>>
>> Can anyone give tips on how one might do this?
>> --
>> AJ

Laura
Mon Jan 29 12:52:01 CST 2007

I got the irfanview.com but I still cant figure out how to fade the edges of
a picture. How do I do it?

"JLatham" wrote:

> I agree that 3rd party graphic editor is the best way to get the effect
> desired and others.
> Two excellent, FREE, graphic tools are
> IrfanView available at www.irfanview.com
> and
> GIMP - Windows version available through http://www.gimp.org/windows/
>
>
> "Jezebel" wrote:
>
> > You *might* be able to get an acceptable effect by superimposing a rectangle
> > using a semi-transparent fill effect; but as a general principle, Word is
> > seriously lousy for editing graphics. You'd be much better off using a
> > graphic editor. You can find superseded versions of Corel or Photoshop at
> > garage sales for just a few dollars.
> >
> >
> >
> > "AJ" <AJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:C6A3931D-29CD-4968-A731-EE0FA85FB6F0@microsoft.com...
> > > Word 2000 bulletin in progress: have a photo Dad wants to fade the edges
> > > on
> > > for cover (oval, square shape etc). He has done this previously years ago
> > > but
> > > can't remember how he did it, or which program. I've tried Picture Editor
> > > and
> > > see no such effect, same for Paint (all XP 2000 versions).
> > >
> > > Can anyone give tips on how one might do this?
> > > --
> > > AJ
> >
> >
> >

Jean-Guy
Thu Feb 01 14:39:09 CST 2007

Laura was telling us:
Laura nous racontait que :

> I got the irfanview.com but I still cant figure out how to fade the
> edges of a picture. How do I do it?

Sorry, but this is not a question for a Word group...

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