: How can I achieve opacity gradient effect in After Effects CS6? Basically I have a composition layer that needs to have sort of fading out effect on it. I can achieve this in PS CS6 by aplying

@Hamaas979

There are MANY ways to achieve a certain task in After Effects and while the above answer will work, there is a much easier approach.

Select the layer you want to adjust
go to your "Effect" tab
select either "Radial Wipe" or "Linear Wipe" (depending on what fade you want)
Then just choose the % fade, the angle of the wipe, and the feather

Hope this helps. Good luck and happy editing!

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@Nimeshi706

What you can do is pre-compose the layer (in your example, the blue ball), then apply a rectangular mask to it, cutting the bottom part off. Next you need to go into the mask's properties and increase Mask Feather.

Here's what it looks like when I tried it:



This solution lets you animate the mask, too, so the fade-out effect can smoothly change (if you need it to, that is).

Hope this helps!

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