Where Can I find Photo Frames

[pallidin]

I am putting together a family tree pub for my family. Some of the pictures are of very old relatives and I would like to frame them in the old ornate frames a lot of us (older members) remember from your youth.

Is there a set of sites that have "ready to use" frames along the lines of those that Jodi Frye put up for PSE?

[Diana]

In all my travels around and googling the internet for PSE addons, I haven’t seen any “old fashioned” frames available for download. Try this to make your own.

1. Start a new document somewhat larger and dimensions of the frame you want.
2. Create a new blank layer above the background layer
3. Fill the new layer with a brown color, or whatever color you want
4. Select the Cookie Cutter Tool and in the dropdown menu, select the Frames set
5. There are some frame shapes that look kind of like old fashioned frames – select one of them
6. Starting in the upper left corner, drag out the shape to the size you want
7. On the layer of the resulting frame shape, from the Layer Styles, apply a Simple Sharp bevel, or another bevel of your choice
8. Zoom in to 100% and position the image so you can see an edge of the frame
9. Use Layer > Layer Style > Scale Effects and move the slider to adjust the bevel
10. Select the Custom Shape tool and look for a suitable decorative shape to add to your frame and drag it out in the position you want it
11. It will appear on its own layer
12. Merge the frame layer and the decorative shape layer
13. Hide the white background layer which will leave a transparent background
14. Save your frame image in .PNG format
15. When you are ready to use your frame, open it and from the photo bin, drag it onto your image where you want to use it
16. Use the Move tool to resize and reposition the frame

Or, instead of using a color-filled layer, try using a wood grain background to cut your frame out of.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1RXp4DqUbAIRtOzvnS18lIyjy0oRd_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1RXp4DqUbAIRtOzvnS18lIyjy0oRd)

Diana

[TonyW]

Diana's suggestion reminded me of the way I've done it. If you find the frames that Diana suggests in the custom shapes you can apply Jodi's frame styles to that shape and get some quite nice looking antique frames (Jodi's styles fit to the shape). The DanLewin styles (eg Golden Styles) work well to. And if the frame comes out too wide you can subtract a rectangle shape from it to adjust the width to whatever you want.

Tony

[lindylou50]

Marge Wirth has some ornate frames for sale at scrapbook elements

[lucianj]

Here's a wooden frame I made in PSE5. It's in .psd format.

All are welcome to download and use.

http://pages.suddenlink.net/1lucian/frame1.psd

[BrianZero]

Might be some here
http://www.photoshopgraphics.co.uk/splatfree.shtml

[Wendy]

Hi ...

One thing I have done is take some photos of ornate frames then select them and use them in my images :)

Wendy