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photo-class — Adding Borders to your Photos
Published: 2005-01-24 20:03:39 +0000 UTC; Views: 38735; Favourites: 282; Downloads: 10508
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This is a simple tutorial on how to add borders to your photos and a few guidelines to consider. The software applications covered are:
Adobe® Photoshop® Adbobe Photoshop Elements® Paint Shop Pro®
The Gimp Let us know what you think about it.
The article is from ~roy204 again and fits in a new category called "Digital Darkroom" to replace the Photoshop section since we now cover more software.
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Wow... that's great! I really learned some new stuff after that... I finally figured out what 'stroke' could be used for... ! Thanks!
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Thank you SO much! I always wanted to add borders but I never knew which colors to use, or how to use them properly! This is a wonderful tutorial!
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Hey, thats a great tutorial for people wanting to add borders but who don't know how to. And you beat me to it! I was about to make a border tutorial (only for photoshop though). Well done on this one.
I do have one little suggestion. You left out the "Relative" option in the tutorial. I don't know if you did that to make it eaiser for people (although it actually makes it harder if you leave that set out).
WHen you're adding the border in Photoshop you can just click on Relative and type in the number (for example, click 'relative' and type 100 in both boxes to get a 50px border all around). That a lot easier than having to do the math and saves time too!
Perhaps you could add that in. It would be an even more helpful tutorial that way!
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This is perfect. All the information that should be there, perfectly balanced angle, and superb presentation. Roy204, I bet you're a perfectionist 
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thanks, that was really easy to follow and quite informative. Next comes titling? please, please, please?
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How about a tutorial on borders with lines, like the ones im my gallery. Still simple and effective.
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Well the method explained in this tutorial can very easily be extended to do what you are doing, it's just a matter of choosing your style next.
Cheers.
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wow
once again
you teach me something
fantastic
*runs off to make borders*
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Will be very useful to those who dont use Photoshop and to the people who don't know the different techniqiues to add a border. I use the first manner, except I choose the "relative" checkbox and just type how many pixels I want for the border, rather than doing the math in my head
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ahhh very good, perhaps next time you could also add in how to make the borders where people have curved corners?? anyhow well done
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I use the same methods [in Photoshop]. It's the fastest I know.
Very true with the border colour as well!
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Hum.;.maybe Ive wrong, but in Photoshop 7 and CS there is a way more aesily to add borders.
->Edit -> Borders and the You select where place the border, in which colour and in which size.
By !
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Mhhhhh.... I've looked at there is no "Edit -> Borders" in my Photoshop 7 and my Photoshop CS... Are you sure it's not in another place or spelled differently ?
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I've a french version of PHOTOSHOP CS, and this functionnality is directly in "Edition; Contour". This is this one that I use for my picture.
I'll put a print screen to see You where it is.
If I remember well there is a tut on DA about it. I'll find it if it exist.
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No need for a print screen, I see what you mean now.
On the english version it's called 'Edit -> Stroke' and it's equivalent to what I show in the Blending options in method #2 but as far as I've used it, it does not make the image grow which means you have to place the border "inside" which effectively looses some of the pixels of the photo.
But maybe I'm using it wrong, I'd love to learn how you do your borders in more details.
Thanks again for the info.
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HI, sorry for the delay.
I think that you don't have to loose some pxl of the photo because You have to put more pxl on your psd file.
If you photo is in 1000x2500pxls and you waunt a border at 10% of the photo, you have just to create a new psd in 1100x 2600pxls.
You don't loose anything.
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this is very useful
but what about adding "accessories" to the border
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That would be for a different tutorial (this one is very long already) but adding things to the frame is probably not something we would like to cover (see my comments about simplicty in the tutorial 
Cheers.
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so is that the same when it comes to adding curves the edges of the photo? too long to explain? i was hoping this would tell me, ah well. i just cant find anywhere that tells me how to make a curved edged photo!
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wow!! more info on borders!! :exicted: sweet!! 
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Dead simple article, very clearly arranged... and with the different softwares!
Very good Damien, indeed, very good work.
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Another worthy tutorial.
Covers the basics but there are soooo many ways to do it.
It would be interesting to see a tutorial on titling.
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Well done roy204, complete and efficient, it will help many, love it.
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Thank you -- I didn't realize Gimp had a setting for borders. And to think that I've been doing it the hard way all this time
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WOuld you mind sharing it? I am sure everyone has his/her method.
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WOuld you mind sharing it? I am sure everyone has his/her method.
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I think he meant that he just found out (through the tutorial) an easier way to add borders. As in easier than the ones he previously knew.
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Haaaaa... I think you are right, thanks
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Oops! I should have been more clear.
This is how I do it:
Adobe Photoshop 7
Open image
Resize image
Open new image of desired proportions.
Paste old image in.
Done.
Although I like their way better, because of the handy tip on "Stroke" and adding that small border around the image. My small lines around my pictures always did look like crap... I wondered...
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it was by 4 for 2 dammit.. lol that's why .. i just used to use 2 for 2 and that never worked.. so i manuallllly used to anchor the corners .. wow u just saved me 20 mins of hassle
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very good tutorial.
I'm relieved that you emphasized the simplicity a border should have many times.
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What an amazing tutorial. You really help us amateurs understand and improve the presentation of our photos!! THANKS, GRACIAS, MERCI!!!! Keep them coming!!!
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THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! Finally! Gods, I was trying to figure out how to make borders for my pics!! Yeee! Thank you SO SO MUCH!
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wonderful job and useful lesson ... May god bless ya for this lesson
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Very good. A useful tutorial for those who don't already know about bordering.
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very very good .. i hope a lot of deviants learn from this
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