Border

[latourtownson]

Can someone tell me how to do a dark border with the feathering around it? That is such a neat application.

[Juergen D]

I'm not quite sure what you are looking for. Something like this? I hope you don't mind me using your image...

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1NKSFBgOEpRHXZtQvGUq0cHalheJQM_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1NKSFBgOEpRHXZtQvGUq0cHalheJQM)

Juergen

[kImages]

That effect is sometimes called a vignette. Here's a link (http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33525&highlight=vignette) to another thread and the last entry is a tut from Butch.

[latourtownson]

Jurgen that is not what I was talking about that is really neat what you did with my photo. Can you tell me how you did that?

[latourtownson]

kImages that tutorial was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for the help.

[Juergen D]

Dave,
I increased the canvas size, selected the actual image and placed a stroke on the outside, on a new, blank layer. Applied a Bevel Layer Style to the stoke. Next I selected a rectangle just outside of the stroked area, modified it to Border and filled it with the same color as the stroke, again on a new layer. Applied a Bevel to it, too.

Juergen

[latourtownson]

Jurgen can you explain that again in some simpler terms. That was way over my head.

[Juergen D]

Dave,

Maybe you are unfamiliar with some of the terms. A stroke is an outline. You can use it after you draw a rectangle with the Rectangular Marquee Tool. You'll have a rectangle of "marching ants" on your image, which you stroke (>Edit >Stroke) with a certain amount of pixels, depending on how thick the outline is supposed to be.

Once the outline is in place, on a new layer, you can apply a Layer Style to that layer. You do that by going to Artwork and Effects >Special Effects >Layer Styles, where you select Bevels.

The Border effect can be gotten by again drawing a rectangle and then going to >Select >Modify >Border and entering a number for pixels. You'll have two lines of "marching ants" now. While the selection is still active (the ants are marching), you can go to >Edit >Fill Selection, using a color of your choice.

I hope this clarifies it some for you.

Juergen