Monday, December 28, 2009

How to make this border in Photoshop?

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I've seen this type of border from printed media (different colours around the border), how can I make this in Photoshop?





Thanks for the tips/info.How to make this border in Photoshop?
Photoshop 7





You could probably come up with something like this using the Rectangular Marquee tool and the Paint Bucket tool, using different colors and/or the Gradient tool in conjunction with Layers. (Whew...! what a lonnng sentence!).





Anyway, assuming an image size 8 x 10, open the image.





Select the Rectangular Marquee tool and in the 'Style' dropdown at the top, select 'Fixed'. Set the width to .1 inch and the height to 2.5 inches.





Go to Layer %26gt; New and add a layer.





Click on the new layer to set the small marquee on the layer. Drag the selection to the left edge and top of the image and use the arrow keys to fine tune.





Select a color in the Foreground color picker.





Using the Paint Bucket tool click in the selection to fill color.





Duplicate the layer, change the Foreground Color, move the marquee down the left edge adjacent to the first one and use the Paint Bucket to change the color of the second marquee.





Repeat as many times as needed for both vertical borders of the image.





Go to Image %26gt; Rotate Canvas and select 90CW.





Repeat the process above for both remaining borders.





When all borders are 'edged', go to Layer %26gt; Flatten Image.





You now have a uniquely bordered image.





Alternately, you could make one marquee, sized .1 inch x 10 inches, add that to a layer, then use the Gradient tool have have a blended edge of different colors. Do this for each vertical border, rotate 90CW, and repeat.

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