: Transition to transparent: gradient following a curved selection Take a look of the following screenshot: I'd like to soft the transition between the left image and the background (red colour

@Margaret771

In Illustrator:

Add an Opacity Mask. It can be done in the Transparency Panel. You must have the red in the background. Draw a shape that covers the transition area. Fill it with BW gradient. My shape is only a coarse polygon.



Deselect option "clip", it causes global transparency outside the mask area



As already commented, use rather Photoshop if your worksheet has no vector art. You will save your nerves. There You can add a layer mask (=generally white, BW gradient on the selected area) and behind all must be a red layer.



For a good result the mask must be fine tuned manually by extremely soft brush.

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