Word 2000 - fade edges of photo inserted in document

[AJ]

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?

 

[Jezebel]

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 You can find superseded versions of Corel or Photoshop at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.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

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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[JLatham]

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/

 

[Graham Mayor]

SnagIt will do this - there is a trial

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[Laura]

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

 

[Jean-Guy Marcil]

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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Salut!
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