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 01/19/2003 03:17:51 PM · #1
Hey everyone! I hope everyone is well.

I have a question. I am interested in getting some of my shots printed for hanging in my house and I really like the poster look (at least that's what I call it). You know, the ones that have the black or white boarders and then the image name and artist underneath the picture in the boarder. EXAMPLE

If anyone knows a fairly simple way to achieve this effect, please write and let me know. I have Adobe PhotoShop Elements (which I'm not very good at all with). As always, thanks in advance and I hope everyone health and happyness and happy shooting!!!

Thanks again!
Bill Miller (wackybill)
 01/19/2003 03:29:53 PM · #2
I don't have elements, but hopefully you can do all these things... This is how I would do it...

1. Open your image.
2. Select your whole image. Cut it. Paste it on a new layer.
3. Adjust your canvas size so that the border is how big you want it.
4. On your canvas layer, fill it with your border color.
5. Double-click your image layer to add a stroke to the image. Adjust the stroke size and color so it looks how you want it.
6. On a new layer, add your text with the text tool.

This may be a few more steps than the way others would do it, but it provides maximum changeability... so you can play with your border colors, move your image around, etc.

Drew

Message edited by author 2003-01-19 15:31:35.
 01/19/2003 03:40:43 PM · #3
Originally posted by drewmedia:
I don't have elements, but hopefully you can do all these things... This is how I would do it...

1. Open your image.
2. Select your whole image. Cut it. Paste it on a new layer.
3. Adjust your canvas size so that the border is how big you want it.
4. On your canvas layer, fill it with your border color.
5. Double-click your image layer to add a stroke to the image. Adjust the stroke size and color so it looks how you want it.
6. On a new layer, add your text with the text tool.

This may be a few more steps than the way others would do it, but it provides maximum changeability... so you can play with your border colors, move your image around, etc.

Drew


Thanks Drew! I really appreciate the Help! I'm going to give it a try right now!!!

Thanks again!
Bill Miller (wackybill)
 01/19/2003 03:41:08 PM · #4
I do this routinely for my prints.
Here's a gallery of bordered prints of varying styles and complexity.

I forget whether Elements has layers, but if it does, it is easy.

1) Finish final crop/adjustment.
2) Set desired mat color to the Background color (can sample from picture)
3) Increase Canvas Size by desired border amount.
4) Repeat steps 2 and 3 as desired to achieve asymmetry or multiple colors as desired.
4a) (Optional) Select border area and apply filter effects if desired.
5) Create text layer; set/sample Foreground color and add text.
6) Save in Photoshop-native format
7) Save-As-Copy to flatten image to desired format (TIFF, JPEG, EPS, etc.)
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