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Photoshop - Photo Border |
February 03, 2007 |
A nice white or coloured border around a photo can often add a whole new dimension to the image. Much like a matte provides when you mount a picture in a frame, the photo border provides a constrast for your eyes to add depth to the image.
The effect is very eay to acheive using most photo editing applications. Here I provide a tutorial to achieve the effect using Photoshop CS2.
Here is the image that I am starting with:
Here are the steps to follow:
- Duplicate the background layer
- Increase the Canvas size by a propotion that you find appropriate. I usually increase by 15%-20%, and I proportion this value against the dimension of the image. This example uses 15% width and 20% height increase
- Ensure you select the white background as the new canvas colour.
- Now adjust the Layer Style of the duplicate layer so that it has black Outer Glow, with Normal blend mode, Spread of 1 and Size of 10. These figures can be adjust for personal taste
- Also apply the Stroke effect, with a black colour, Size of 1, and Position of Inside
- Add any appropriate copyright notice in a new text layer
And here is what you can expect to see at the end:
If you want to bring out the most in your image you can check out the 'Burnt Edges' tutorial with a resulting image like this one:
I use Photoshop CS2 for editing.
Posted by grahamh at February 3, 2007 11:23 AM