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Welcome To NewFreeTemplates.com Photoshop Tutorials Area - Adding a Border Effect
| Having spent a great deal of time creating your image
what would look better than a nice border to finish it off. Photoshop
provides you with the tools to make a whole range of different types of
borders. Not all images are the same so you have to choose the type of
border to suit your image. |
 Diagram 1  Diagram1a
| To start we need to increase the border around our
image. First select the colour we want for our border as the background
colour in your tool palette, in this case grey (Diagram 1). We then select
Image > Canvas size and increase by approximately 5 per cent all
around. Be sure to click on the centre square in the Canvas size box
(Diagram 1a). |
 Diagram 2  Diagram 3
| Choosing the Rectangular Marquee Tool (diagram 2)
short cut M on your keyboard. Tip... to toggle between the rectangular and oval
marquee tools Press Shift + M. Select an area inside the border and
approximately the same size as the border that we have just added to the
image (diagram 3). We then inverse our selection Select > Inverse and
Feather to a Radius of 10. |
 Diagram 4
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| Now to apply the border effect... select Filter >
Distort> Glass (Diagram 4) and from the drop down menu choose Tiny Lens
(Diagram 5) and adjust the Distortion to around 4 and a smoothness of 3.
Why not try experimenting with the settings until you are happy with the
effect. This can be seen in the Preview Window of the Filter dialogue. Now
click OK to apply your new border and save. |
| So your image is not of a car or motorbike and this
style border would not suit your beautiful landscape. No problem. Follow
all the steps up to Filter > Distort> Glass (Diagram 4) but instead
of choosing Tiny Lens from the drop down menu select Frosted and adjust
the setting until you are happy with the effect (Diagram 5a). You can also
use any of the of glass filters for different styles of borders so why not
try experimenting. |
 Diagram
4a.... Cottage
Border
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