I am trying to make my own baseball card and am at a loss to get the effect on the photo. Here are two actual baseball cards (the 1988 Fleer set) with the look I am trying to achieve:
I have put my photo inside of a rectangle with rounded corners, and have duplicated the head to a separate layer so that it "stands out" beyond the limits of the picture background. But I do not know how to achieve the effect at the top of the actual photos that look as if they are fading into the background of the card (especially the Baines' card).
I am sorry I cannot explain my question better. I am a recovering stroke survivor and sometimes experience mental lapses, which I think I am experiencing at the moment (I can't shake the feeling that I know how to do this and simply cannot recall it).
Any help would be greatly appreciated - thank you in advance!