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Adding
A Border To An
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We
are going to give this image a simple frame.
Right
click on the image above and save it to your hard drive - Then
open it in PSP.
Click
the Window menu and choose Duplicate. Close the original
image - we will work on the copy. (the original will have the
file name "flowers_in_cup" on its title bar) |
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Click
the Image menu, Add Border
Click
the colour swatch and choose a colour that contrasts well with
your image. You need a colour that is completely
different to anything at the edge of your image. This is
so that we can select the border easily.
Make
sure the "symmetric" box is ticked, and then
enter 20 for the border size in any of the boxes. |
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Now we need
the magic wand tool. It may be on your tool bar or
you may need to open out the Selection Tools and make it the
active tool in that group.
When you
have the Magic Wand, set your tool options as follows:
Mode =
Replace
Match Mode = RGB Value (to match colour)
Tolerance = 0
Feather = 0
Anti-Alias = Ticked and set to Outside. |
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You should now
see "marching ants" around the inside and outside
edge of the border |
Click on the
Flood Fill tool 
On the
Materials Pallet, set the Foreground material to whatever
color, fill pattern or gradient you'd like to have your
border. I've used a dark green picked from the center of
the big yellow flower.
Then click
inside the selected area (the border).
If you
don't like how it looks with the image you can try a different
foreground material and fill it again.
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Now we are
going to apply a bevel to the border to make it look like a
frame.
Click
Effects, 3D Effects, Inner Bevel
Use the
settings shown here. |
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While the
border area is selected, its possible to apply other effects,
such as a texture as well.... you can experiment if you want
to.
Click the
Selections Menu, Select None. (your marching ants disappear)
Save
the image as a .jpg ready to share your results. |
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© AnotherJo
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