hOW DO I MAKE A BORDER IN PHOTOSHOP

Art Scott

I need to make borders that I can use to even out a photo(s). I thought this was done simply by going into image and canvas or something similar and you would get a display box and you could choose top add dimension and poof there was a border ontop of your photo and you could do this for all sides and if wanted add drop shadows and such for separation.......

I am begining to think dementia is setting in or i am starting to come out of a very lucid but fantasy coma.....as I cannot find it in either PS7 or PSCS nor in the help guides on line for either........:dunno

example.....I have a photo that scanned in at a very odd size overall.....8 x 7.2"......so I want to add 2" to the 8 and .8" to the 7.2 .....the original size has been giveing the printers a fit and also being able to do this will make it so I can digitally matt my photos and have a great place to sign them.......

TIA

gus

Certainly not being a smart arse here mate but i google pretty well everything.

http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=photoshop+border+action&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=how+to+make+a+photoshop+border&btnG=Search&meta=

I always take the easy road first & look for an action or plug-in.

Art Scott

gus wrote:

Certainly not being a smart arse here mate but i google pretty well everything.

http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=photoshop+border+action&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=how+to+make+a+photoshop+border&btnG=Search&meta=

I always take the easy road first & look for an action or plug-in.

Thank You ole kava guzzlin pipe smoking green one......but what I just looked at were actions.....I need totoal flexability and I know I did it a few hundered thousnad years ago when PS7 1st came out........hell it might have been PS4 or LE or PS5 as I had access to them all.....and it was as I described...ou could do an even frame or even totally different size and thickness if you want.....I want to do some in Museum style mats....that means I thin side and one really thick side and photo heavy bottom or top depending g on where the thick side is.....
Have I totally cunfuzzed ya yet.....ready for a good dose of KAVA:D

ian408

Open the file you want to edit. Select everything & cut. Now, change the
canvas size to what ever you need. Paste the cut selection into a new layer
and adjust accordingly. Add a drop shadow if you want.

Is that what you wanted to do?

Art Scott

ian408 wrote:

Open the file you want to edit. Select everything & cut. Now, change the
canvas size to what ever you need. Paste the cut selection into a new layer
and adjust accordingly. Add a drop shadow if you want.

Is that what you wanted to do?

could be...but it seems I had a grid that opened up and showed a white square for the photo and then you cliked top, right , bottom or left and added the dimension (that is the dementia may come from:D) you wanted that part of the border to be...if you selected all 4 sides then you'd get an even border of the diemnsion you input......like I said I could be waking from a very lucid fantasy coma......

ian408

Art Scott wrote:

could be...but it seems I had a grid that opened up and showed a white square for the photo and then you cliked top, right , bottom or left and added the dimension (that is the dementia may come from:D) you wanted that part of the border to be...if you selected all 4 sides then you'd get an even border of the diemnsion you input......like I said I could be waking from a very lucid fantasy coma......

You can just increase the canvas size with out the cut/paste step. But given
you had an odd size or might want a drop shadow, I thought this might work
better for you.

Art Scott

ian408 wrote:

You can just increase the canvas size with out the cut/paste step. But given
you had an odd size or might want a drop shadow, I thought this might work
better for you.

I will give it a try......and i do THANK you for the help......

davev

I posted this 2 years ago. Maybe it will help.

http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=19726

There is another link in the thread to a smugmug tute also.

Art Scott

davev wrote:

I posted this 2 years ago. Maybe it will help.

http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=19726

There is another link in the thread to a smugmug tute also.

THANX Davev.....I think the 2nd thread that DR.IT posted is what I was looking for as it was for PSCS.