Wednesday 28 July 2010

Paint shop pro cheat's border No 1

Ok, I give in. One little foray into textiles will suffice for the moment. I found a cheat's way to do a border in psp's frames which I thought I would share with you particularly if you are using psp, although there is something similar and probably even better in Photoshop. (I say "cheat" because this is a reference to a well-known cookery writer in the uk whose latest book uses this phrase!)
For the latest pic I used a photo of a fuschia which I then altered in psp . This is how I added this border -
Image>picture frame. From the drop-down list choose Transparent (I chose the second one). I added an extra black border - image>add borders, 3 pixels, black, ok. Now choose a colour in the image using the dropper tool and fill in the white borders using the flood fill tool. Finished! Save under a new name. I hope this is useful!

8 comments:

  1. Wonderful border and picture....not sure if i could work it out for photoshop elements tho...lol

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  2. Have a look on Scott's blog (Finding another view) - he has a tutorial for Photoshop borders

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  3. Hi, just come across your blog from Scotts. I have paintshop pro photo X1. I have use the borders before but not so wonderfully as your way, I will give it a try.I use picnik for there framing a lot. I would love to learn how to layer, I am hopeless at that! Jackie in Surrey UK.
    http://jackieinsurrey.blogspot.com/

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  4. Sorry, I must (am) a bit thick:-

    Image>picture frame. From the drop-down list choose Transparent (I chose the second one), I am lost already!! I don't seem to have a drop down list for Transparent........ Jackie in Surrey

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  5. Jackie - Picture frame - "Please choose a picture frame style" then click on the downward arrow which brings up all the frames. (I am using Pspx2 but you should have this on earlier versions)

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  6. Thank you for that, but I don't have one that says transparent!!
    Mine says
    All
    Frames
    Mats
    Photo edges
    Time machine

    Don't worry it is probably me just being thick Jackie.

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  7. Don't say you are thick! Took me ages to find out all this! What happens when you click on frames?

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  8. Sorry I haven't got back to you, busy weekend with my grandson's 16th today and my 60th this coming Tuesday!!
    When I click on Frames it just shows me the frames with frames.
    I have had a quick try with your layer tutorial and I didn't get it right either. Jackie
    jackie-manning2@ntlworld.com

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