Adding a Boarder...

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Adding a Boarder...

Post by Go_fish »

As the title says....

How to Add a Boarder!

Step 1:
Open your image in photoshop
Remember to make sure your colours are Black over White to Start with.
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Step 2:
Image > Canvas Size Click, Canvas size window will open.
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Step 3:
Click on Relative (just under the height txt box) Change Inches to Pixels, Enter 10pixels for both width and height. click OK (this will add a white strip to your canvas.)


Step 4:
Change your colours to White over Black. This will give you a black strip over the white one.
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Step 5:
Once the Canvas size box opens, Change Inches to Pixels enter 20pixels to width and height. click ok
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End Result will look something like this.
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Post by bonzaidog »

Thanx Fish...all good info especially for the computer illiterate, like me....for a minute I thought it was gonna. be about sharing a rental :lol: ....Dog.
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Post by Leigh Taafe »

Holy Crap! This tutorial is brilliant - keep up the good work!
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Leigh Taafe wrote:Holy Crap! This tutorial is brilliant - keep up the good work!
yet so simple ;)

Happy to help..... Give me ideas and ill do some more. Have the Black and white with colour lesson as per the images above.
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Post by Bretts »

Can you do one for Serif Photo plus X2 :P My dam tutorials don't open in Vista even though it is Vista certified :|
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Bretts wrote:Can you do one for Serif Photo plus X2 :P My dam tutorials don't open in Vista even though it is Vista certified :|
No idea what that is! No idea what vista is :roll:

Sorry cant help with Serif Photo plus X2
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