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Border Techniques

By Philip Andrews
From Advanced Photoshop Elements 6 for Digital Photographers

Border Techniques

Creating a great border is one of those finishing touches that can really make your images stand apart from the crowd. IJsing Photoshop Elements you can easily create and apply a variety of different border styles to your photographs.

6.33 Simple borders

Suitable for Elements 6, 5.0, 4.0, 3.0, 2.0, 1.0 Difficulty level Intermediate Resources Web image 6.33

Related Techniques 6.34 Tools used Marquee Menus used Select, Window, Edit

A basic line border can be created by selecting the whole image (Select > Select All) and then stroking (Edit > Stroke) the selection on the inside with the foreground color. For fancier styles Elements provides a range of Frame and Edge treatments in its Artwork palette (Window > Effects). Some frames require you to make a selection first; others can be applied directly to the picture with no preliminary actions.


Stroked frame >> Use the Eyedropper tool to select a suitable border color from the image. Select all the picture (Select > Select All). Stroke the selection (Edit > Stroke Selection) on the inside with the foreground color and a width of 10 pixels.

Layer Effects >> Display the Effects palette (Window > Effects) and then select the Special Effects > Photo Effects section. Choose frames from the drop-down list and then Drop Shadow from the thumb-nails. Press the Apply button.

6.34 Sophisticated edges using grayscale masks

Suitable for Elements 6, 5.0, 4.0,...

Copyright Philip Andrews 2008 under license agreement with Books24x7
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