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Default  Borders trouble
01.20.03, 22:11:00
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Does anyone know a good efficient way of making and applying borders to images in photoshop?
I seem to be having troubles with the layer mask stuff, but maybe that's because I have Elements 2.0?
I don't know. I have seen a few tutorials on it, and I still am struggling. Any help or links would be very much appreciated.
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Default  01.21.03, 00:51:29
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I personally hate using borders but half the time I do stuff I'm told to stick a border on it so that it doesn't leak into the background. -.-;

What I generally do is create a new layer right at the top and then use the fill tool on that layer. Then zoom in cut out the middle bit. I only use plain borders obviously.
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Default  01.21.03, 03:35:34
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Well, on this for example.

I used the Pencil tool, black and made a new layer. Then zoomed in a bit and held down Shift+Click-MouseScroll. This will force a straight line. Then I just used that method of making lines and went around all the edges. Right then and there is how to make a simple single color border. Using Pencil also makes sure it'll have a hard edge on it and 100% Opacity.

Since it's a new layer, to add some flair to it like mine, I went into Layer > Layer Styles > Gradient - And messed with the settings to get the effect I did.

You'll need PhotoShop 6.0 or 7.0 to do that though. I've never used PhotoShop Elements, but I can't suspect it'd be _much_ different. At least the Pencil tool bit. Good luck.
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