Adding a border to a photo(Photoshop jong Q of course)

[couloirman]

I really think that adding either a white or black border/frame to your photo really adds a lot to it and wondered how to do it? I have googled and the sites I found seemed to tell me some crazy convoluted ways to do this when Im sure it should be a quick couple step process.

How do I add a black or white border to my photos?

Thanks in advance from a photoshop moron.



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[pointedem]

From memory ( the menu names might be off)

Top Menu> Photo ( on cs4 it's the 3rd top menu choice. I.e. it goes horizontally- File, Edit, Photo, something, something)

Pull down that 3rd menu.

Find 'Canvas Size'

For the shot I posted below, I unchecked the box 'Relative' and set my border size to .15 and .15 inches. There are 2 boxes where you enter the values.

Below that there should be a color selector for your new border. Black, White and Grey are in that menu, you can also select and color you want with the color picker tool. Pick your color and that's it. Your border should look something like this:







Sometimes you will see picture presented with a dual border, i.e. the thin blue border surrounded by the large white one:






This is also really simple. It's all the same steps as above, but you need to apply the thin border before the larger outer border. To do this, grab your square lasso tool and select the image. You'll now notice those dotted lines on the outside of the image. Again, my menu names may be off, but I believe you go to the 'Edit' top menu and find the 'Stroke' option in that menu. You can then choose the color and width of your thin inner border here. The shot above has a 2 or 3 pixel wide border on it.

The difference between the two tools is that the Stroke tool will build the border toward the inside of your image; it lays that 'stroke' on top of your image, rather then on the outside. The 'canvas size' tool will build the frame outwards from your image.

Remember to select the original layer when applying the stoke and CS tools ( the first layer, usually named 'background') rather then other adjustment layers that you may have on top. If you don't see your borders showing up, be sure to check this first


I'm sure there is a more advanced way to do it; I am also a PS jong. What I described worked for me however.

[mavrick]

Alt+Ctrl+C or Image >> Canvas size >> popup box.

[smmokan]

Another option.... if you don't want to alter your original image (or if you don't want to create a duplicate image and take up more file space), you can add a nice black and white border in Photobucket. Its really easy and won't change your original picture. I always leave my picture files untouched, and then do this in PB.... and if you share pics with friends/family, there's an easy border option in Shutterfly too.

[Gregger]

http://www.newschoolofphotography.com/?p=58

Great tutorial there!