clutchkiller
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I think I figured out how to explain this without ripping off Scott Kelby (if you have or if you are going to buy Photoshop CS2, you should buy his book “The Photoshop CS2 Book For Digital Photographers”). I used a through-away image for this, please forgive the poor pictures, I don’t know how to save the screen that I’m working on… lol, I hope that made sense. And oh yeah… this is kind of time consuming.
TO ADD FRAME (using Windows):
Step 1
#1) Open image that you want to add a frame too and duplicate it so you will have a clean copy incase you want to do other things to it later.
#2) Press: D (sets default color of foreground & background)
#3) Press: Ctrl-C (adds selection around image)
#4) Press: Shift-Ctrl-J (creates separate layer)
Step 2
#1) Press: Alt-Ctrl-C (for canvas size)
#2) In dialog box check RELATIVE box
#3) Choose size in inches for width and height (I used 2.5 for my frame mat), color should be white
#4) Click OK (reference image below)
Step 3
#1) Press: & hold Ctrl key, and click on Create new layer icon (@ bottom of layers palette, looks like a flipped up page)
Step 4
#0) Press: M (you will not use this tool, but get the marquee tool anyway, I don’t know how to skip this)
#1) Press: D and then X (sets foreground color to white)
#2) Press: Alt-Backspace (fills selection white)
#3) Press: Ctrl-D (deselects)
Step 5
#1) Click on STROKE from Add a Layer Style (@ bottom of layers palette, looks like f with a circle around it)
#2) Choose your size for the black frame (I use anywhere from 20 to 30)
#3) Set the Position to Inside
#4) Choose the color black (from color swatch)
#5) Click OK and a black frame around your image will appear (reference image below)
Step 6
#1) Choose Inner Shadow from the Add a Layer Style pop up menu (@ bottom of layers palette, looks like f with a circle around it)
#2) Lower Opacity to 50%
#3) Uncheck the Use Global Light check box
#4) Set Angle from 120 to 130 (you can play around with these settings in #’s 4, 5, and 6)
#5) Increase Distance to 20px
#6) Increase size to 9px
#7) Click OK (this gives a shadow inside your frame)
Step 7
#1) Click on Create a New Layer icon (@ bottom of layers palette)
#2) Press: M for your marquee tool & draw a selection just a little larger than the image (make a ¼ inch border) notice dotted line around image
#3) Press: Alt-Backspace (fills selection with white)
#4) Press: Ctrl-D (deselects)
Step 8
#1) Choose Inner Glow from Add a Layer Style pop-up menu (@bottom of layers palette)
#2) Change the Blend Mode pop-up menu to Normal
#3) Lower Opacity to 20%
#4) Choose the color black (from color swatch)
#5) Click OK (reference image below) (makes a shadow like an inner mat)
HANG IN THERE YOU’RE ALMOST DONE!
Step 9
#1) From layers palette click on layer with black frame around it (it should be under the layer that you can see your image in)
#2) Choose Drop Shadow from the Add a Layer Style pop-up menu (bottom of layers palette)
#3) Lower Opacity to 60%
#4) Turn off the Global Light check box
#5) Increase the size to 9px
#6) Click OK (adds depth to the inner mat reference image below)
Flatten layers and save
The finished image with frame added…
I hope I didn't leave anything out
TO ADD FRAME (using Windows):
Step 1
#1) Open image that you want to add a frame too and duplicate it so you will have a clean copy incase you want to do other things to it later.
#2) Press: D (sets default color of foreground & background)
#3) Press: Ctrl-C (adds selection around image)
#4) Press: Shift-Ctrl-J (creates separate layer)
Step 2
#1) Press: Alt-Ctrl-C (for canvas size)
#2) In dialog box check RELATIVE box
#3) Choose size in inches for width and height (I used 2.5 for my frame mat), color should be white
#4) Click OK (reference image below)
Step 3
#1) Press: & hold Ctrl key, and click on Create new layer icon (@ bottom of layers palette, looks like a flipped up page)
Step 4
#0) Press: M (you will not use this tool, but get the marquee tool anyway, I don’t know how to skip this)
#1) Press: D and then X (sets foreground color to white)
#2) Press: Alt-Backspace (fills selection white)
#3) Press: Ctrl-D (deselects)
Step 5
#1) Click on STROKE from Add a Layer Style (@ bottom of layers palette, looks like f with a circle around it)
#2) Choose your size for the black frame (I use anywhere from 20 to 30)
#3) Set the Position to Inside
#4) Choose the color black (from color swatch)
#5) Click OK and a black frame around your image will appear (reference image below)
Step 6
#1) Choose Inner Shadow from the Add a Layer Style pop up menu (@ bottom of layers palette, looks like f with a circle around it)
#2) Lower Opacity to 50%
#3) Uncheck the Use Global Light check box
#4) Set Angle from 120 to 130 (you can play around with these settings in #’s 4, 5, and 6)
#5) Increase Distance to 20px
#6) Increase size to 9px
#7) Click OK (this gives a shadow inside your frame)
Step 7
#1) Click on Create a New Layer icon (@ bottom of layers palette)
#2) Press: M for your marquee tool & draw a selection just a little larger than the image (make a ¼ inch border) notice dotted line around image
#3) Press: Alt-Backspace (fills selection with white)
#4) Press: Ctrl-D (deselects)
Step 8
#1) Choose Inner Glow from Add a Layer Style pop-up menu (@bottom of layers palette)
#2) Change the Blend Mode pop-up menu to Normal
#3) Lower Opacity to 20%
#4) Choose the color black (from color swatch)
#5) Click OK (reference image below) (makes a shadow like an inner mat)
HANG IN THERE YOU’RE ALMOST DONE!
Step 9
#1) From layers palette click on layer with black frame around it (it should be under the layer that you can see your image in)
#2) Choose Drop Shadow from the Add a Layer Style pop-up menu (bottom of layers palette)
#3) Lower Opacity to 60%
#4) Turn off the Global Light check box
#5) Increase the size to 9px
#6) Click OK (adds depth to the inner mat reference image below)
Flatten layers and save
The finished image with frame added…
I hope I didn't leave anything out
