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Tech Tips - September,2008

Quick Borders

This is a handy technique to add borders to your images quickly and accurately, with plenty of flexibility and scope for creativity.

Finished Image

Step 1 - Draw a Rectangle

Open your image in Photoshop, reset your colour palette (Ctrl+D), Select the rectangle shape tool (Shift + U until the rectangle tool appears). Draw a rectangle of any size in the middle of your image.

Step 2 - Fill to Zero, Add Stroke

Set the Rectangle fill to zero, double click the layer to bring up the layer styles, or right click on the layer and choose 'Blending Options' to access the same window. Click on Stroke to bring up the Stroke Options, set the Position to 'Inside' (Important!), adjust the Size slider to taste.

Step 3 - Resize

Press Ctrl+T to transform the rectangle, reposition and resize to fill the whole image, press enter to finish (or Esc to cancel).

All done! This is a great way to quickly and accurately add borders to your images.

Some other handy tips;

Lost too much of your image? Alt+DoubleClick on the Background layer to unlock, Ctrl+T to transform and resize to bring back some of the overlapped image.
Get Creative! Instead of using colour to fill your border you can use patterns. Double click on your rectangle layer and access the stroke settings, change the 'Fill Type' to Pattern and add some wonderful effects.

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Quick Borders

Step 1 - Draw a Rectangle

Step 2 - Fill to Zero, Add Stroke

Step 3 - Resize

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