WORKING ON THE BACK COVER

Today I experimented with different ways to fade the image of my artist on the back cover. This is the original photo I used and it was taken in the photography studio.

 In photoshop, I brightened the image and faded the edges. I used the gradient tool to achieve the faded edges. 

This is the end result. I think that if I make the faded edges neater I could potentially use this way to include images on my back cover

I tried another way by removing the background using the magic selection tool. 

I found that this way did not give a nice effect and looked very unprofessional.