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04/16/2005 11:17:09 PM · #1 |
| okay, this may seem really stupid, but i'm having the hardest time figuring out how to put borders on photographs on photoshop...anyone want to help me out pleasssee?! thanks. |
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04/16/2005 11:26:26 PM · #2 |
| Quickest way probably is CTRL+A (select All), ALT+E+S (Stroke), set the color and width, click OK. Many other ways of course. |
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04/16/2005 11:29:54 PM · #3 |
Don't know what version you use if its a little different it will be close.
This is the easiest way.
Go to Select
Choose Select All
Go to Select
Choose Modify Then borders
Choose the pixel dimmensions you want to fill,
Go to fill and fill with the color of your choice
Use a separate layer so you can remove or change it to start out |
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04/16/2005 11:32:20 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by kmbr2001:
okay, this may seem really stupid, but i'm having the hardest time figuring out how to put borders on photographs on photoshop...anyone want to help me out pleasssee?! thanks. |
NO STUPID QUESTIONS, BUT SOMETIMES THERE ARE STUPID ANSWERS (a general statement not intended to indicate anyone gave a stupid answer here) LOL |
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04/16/2005 11:37:01 PM · #5 |
| Thanks guys. You helped out a lot. |
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04/16/2005 11:40:27 PM · #6 |
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04/16/2005 11:44:07 PM · #7 |
Once you have your image done, as you want, zoom out one click so you have a neutral background around your image, then select the rectangular marquis tool (top left tool - looks like ant trails), click outside your image at one corner and drag over the entire picture. That will leave the image as a whole selected, having the "ant trail" around it).
Go to Edit, scroll down to Stroke, and that will bring up a popup in which you can specify the number of pixels you want and what color.
If you selected say 20 and white, once OK'd, it will basically fill a white border around your image of that many pixels.
If you wanted a 1 pixel black line at the inner edge of that white border, zoom in and go to one corner, and again with the rectangular marquis tool, click right on the edge so that when you start dragging the box, it will look like you drew a line right on the edge of the white border. Repeat the edit, stroke again, this time selecting 1 pixel, change color to black, and voila!
As an example, that is what I did on these shots:
 
I also did a mini-tutorial of another way in the comments section on this image:
Once you have the basics down, you can get a bit more creative in fading and applying a radius, by doing the basic dragging the selection, go to Select, modify, border and choose the number of pixels, and hit OK. Then go back to select, feather, and type in a number, say like 5 pixles and hit OK. Then go to edit, fill and choose your color like white, and hit OK. That will fill the selection, fading it inwards and rounding the inner corners.
Numerous ways to do all this and many other "tweaks" available also.
Keep in mind if it for a challenge, be careful not to over do it and that it is done within the challenge guidelines. Simple, clean borders can make it, yet a couple extra pixels can break it. |
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04/16/2005 11:58:22 PM · #8 |
I usually calculate before I downsize the amount of pixels I wish to have for a border, then reduce to 640 minus that amount. If I want 2 pixels of white and 3 pixels of black all around, I'll resize to 630 pixels, then set white as BG color and increase canvas by 4 pixels, then set black as BG color and increase canvas by 6 pixels. This is clean and simple for me.
Robt.
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04/17/2005 12:05:06 AM · #9 |
There are soooo many ways to make borders. I've used both of BradP's and Bear Music's methods. One thing to remember though is to use a separate layer to prevent accidently screwing up. It happens to the best of us.
"Someone spoke and I went into a dream... ruined by image cause I closed and saved. OH SH.... |
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04/17/2005 12:18:50 AM · #10 |
My way is done after resizing the image and saving it as a jpg, so no danger of losing naythign critical, but it can't be done on a layer. The advantage is, if you are using very fine lines and apply them at full size, they may drop under the 1-pixel thershold when you resize. Plus, if you have a border size that's a little awkward, sometimes it resizes as 2 pixels on one side and 1 pixel on the other... So I do it last.
Robt.
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04/17/2005 12:23:27 AM · #11 |
Originally posted by bear_music:
My way is done after resizing the image and saving it as a jpg, so no danger of losing naythign critical, but it can't be done on a layer. The advantage is, if you are using very fine lines and apply them at full size, they may drop under the 1-pixel thershold when you resize. Plus, if you have a border size that's a little awkward, sometimes it resizes as 2 pixels on one side and 1 pixel on the other... So I do it last.
Robt. |
I generally work in PSD format. I love layers (obviously not for DCP stuff). The work I do for money requires it as much as DCP doesn't.
And if I understand correctly what your saying it can be done very nicely with layers in PSD format.
Duplicate the bg layer, choose you upsized canvas size, fill the bg layer with the color you want. The image automatically centers if you upsize equally. Then flatten (NOT LEGAL FOR DCP)
Message edited by author 2005-04-17 00:27:24. |
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