border in photoshop

joshhuntnm

say I want to make a photo look like I tore off the edges, how do I do that?

BinaryFx

I entered the phrase "torn edge border photoshop" in Google and it returned around 141,000 hits.


Regards,

Stephen Marsh

http://members.ozemail.com.au/~binaryfx/
http://prepression.blogspot.com/

Cowspoo

^ You must be one of those retail "self check out" fans.

joshhuntnm

I did too, and looked at a number of them. Most looked very complicated.

BinaryFx

joshhuntnm wrote: »

I did too, and looked at a number of them. Most looked very complicated.

Many tutorials do look complex, however if well written you should be able to follow along. You may also learn some things along the way, even if the tutorial is more advanced than your current level.

Let's start with a simple option, that would probably not lead to ideal results.

1) Marquee select an area for masking that is smaller than the image. Otherwise, make the canvas bigger than the image so that you have room to work.

2) Add a layer mask (the mask should now be active, not the image).

3) Run one or more filters to the mask, such as torn edges, pixelate, sprayed strokes, spatter, pixelate/crystallize etc.

4) Optionally add a layer style effect with a drop shadow or outer glow in gray or similar.


Regards,

Stephen Marsh

http://members.ozemail.com.au/~binaryfx/
http://prepression.blogspot.com/

joshhuntnm

anyone know anything about this plug in
http://www.autofx.com/products/pge/detail.html

ChatKat

Look at Lumapix Foto Fusion

divamum

I've used some of the ones in this collection of free actions, here. They're probably not the best ones out there (some of them are actually kind of cheezy in my opinion), but on the right image a couple of them can look really good and they're super quick and easy to use, which is a big plus! The effect changes markedly depending on the resolution/size of the original image. There are three sets on the site - you have to click through to see all of them.