Tyger
08-16-2005, 07:54 AM
Program Needed: Photoshop 7 (can be done in Photoshop 5, 7, CS, CS2)
A few people have asked about the framing i do for my pictures so i thought i'd do a mini tutorial for it. It is very easy to do and can be done in many ways, but here's one way of doing it. I know jeff31 does something similar, his technique may be different.
-In photoshop i copied the layer of the original photo and placed that layer as the top layer.
-Using the guides to outline the frame i used the square selection tool to select the outline of the frame.
- With the selection still active delete that selection ,
-with the selection still active do a reverse selection by pressing ctrl+shift+I, this will highlight the frame border.
- Add a gaussion blur to your liking and if you like you can adjust the colour, saturation etc.
- with the selection still active do a reverse selection by pressing ctrl+shift+I,
- With the selection still active create a stroke, go under edit-stroke, i used 5px and whitew colour, but you can do what you like here.
-Adjust the original image which should be on the bottom layer accordingly, whether you want to move it, scale etc.
and voila!
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/6094/statue6mm.jpg
Frame-top layer
http://img350.imageshack.us/img350/9343/picture14qe.jpg
Original Picture-bottom layer
http://img350.imageshack.us/img350/2580/picture20qt.jpg
A few people have asked about the framing i do for my pictures so i thought i'd do a mini tutorial for it. It is very easy to do and can be done in many ways, but here's one way of doing it. I know jeff31 does something similar, his technique may be different.
-In photoshop i copied the layer of the original photo and placed that layer as the top layer.
-Using the guides to outline the frame i used the square selection tool to select the outline of the frame.
- With the selection still active delete that selection ,
-with the selection still active do a reverse selection by pressing ctrl+shift+I, this will highlight the frame border.
- Add a gaussion blur to your liking and if you like you can adjust the colour, saturation etc.
- with the selection still active do a reverse selection by pressing ctrl+shift+I,
- With the selection still active create a stroke, go under edit-stroke, i used 5px and whitew colour, but you can do what you like here.
-Adjust the original image which should be on the bottom layer accordingly, whether you want to move it, scale etc.
and voila!
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/6094/statue6mm.jpg
Frame-top layer
http://img350.imageshack.us/img350/9343/picture14qe.jpg
Original Picture-bottom layer
http://img350.imageshack.us/img350/2580/picture20qt.jpg