Making a picture fade out

Hi Kitty

Thanks for getting in touch. The best way to achieve this is with another shape of the same size overlaid on the image. This will be most effective if the background of the slide is a solid colour.

Draw a shape, say a rectangle, exactly the same size over the image. Then change it's gradient fill so it fades to the background colour. Here is the step by step process:

1. Right-click it and choose Format AutoShape/Format Shape.
2. In the Line Color category, choose No Line.
3. In the Fill category, choose Gradient Fill.
4. Under Gradient Stops, choose Stop 3, and click Remove. You now should have just two stops. Click Stop 1 and use the Color drop-down list to check or set the color. Click Stop 2 and set it to the same color as Stop 1.
5. Click Stop 1, and use the Transparency slider to set the transparency to 100%. Leave Stop 2 at the default of 0%.
6. Set the Angle to 0.

If the background is a variety of colours or difficult to single out, you will need to use an image editing program such as Photoshop to achieve this effect.

Kind regards

Gary Fenn
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