Photoshop Tutorial: A Guide to Guides 04:Borders, Frames and Edge Effects

Borders, Frames and Edge Effects

Tips and tutorials for creating decorative borders, frames, and photo edge effects in Adobe Photoshop.
Add a Mat Frame to a Photo with Photoshop or Elements
Sometimes a certain photo just needs an extra special treatment to make it pop. One simple way to make a photo pop is to add a matted frame to it. This tutorial shows you how to add a matted frame with Photoshop or Photoshop Elements.
Adobe Photoshop Photo Frame – Video
[Video Tutorial] Make your favorite photo look polished and elegant- learn how to add a tasteful faux frame to the image itself with Adobe Photoshop.
Create a Vignette (Soft Fade) Effect
A vignette, or soft fade, is a popular photo effect where the photo gradually fades into the background, usually in an oval shape. By using Photoshop’s layer masks you can create this effect flexibly and non-destructively.
Pinking Shears in Photoshop
Learn how to create the effect of fabric cut with pinking shears using a seamless textile pattern and custom brushes in Photoshop 4.0 and up.
Burned Edges
Beginer level tutorial shows you three different burnt edge effects. Work with layer masks, selections, stroke command, and the airbrush tool.
Enhance Your Images with Photographic Edges
Several techniques for applying edge effects to your photos without plug-ins.
Framing a Picture
This beginner’s level tutorial shows you how to mat and frame a picture using a custom frame and mat. Learn cropping, layers, gradients, marquee selections, and layer effects.
Miter Joints
Join two pipes in a 90 degree angle with a mitered joint. Also a useful technique for creating frames.
Rainbow Edges
Create rainbow effects by stroking a selection in Photoshop.
Rounded Corners
This method of creating rounded shapes allows you to be much more precise than the more commonly used gaussian blur method. There’s a free action to download for automating it.
Rounded Rectangles
Find out how to make rounded edge rectangles in Photoshop 4.
Torn Edges Effect
Here’s a four step technique to give photos a torn edge effect.
Digital Artists’ Techniques for Creating and Editing Original Art Work
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