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DangerDave
21st of July 2007 (Sat), 04:04
Sorry for the stupid question, but how do I add borders to my pictures using photoshop?
Damo77
21st of July 2007 (Sat), 04:55
What kind of borders do you want to add, Dave?
DangerDave
21st of July 2007 (Sat), 05:07
What kind of borders do you want to add, Dave?
Just a plane black border simalir to this

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e262/Supurdave/Tony/MOD026smallborder.jpg
Damo77
21st of July 2007 (Sat), 05:10
Well, the easiest way is to press D then X, so that black is your background colour, then go to Canvas Size (in the Image menu) and slightly enlarge your image.
Damo77
21st of July 2007 (Sat), 05:10
Welcome aboard, by the way.
DangerDave
21st of July 2007 (Sat), 05:15
Wow that was easy, thanks.
tim
21st of July 2007 (Sat), 05:23
There are probably a dozen ways to do this in PS... that one's as good as any. Here are two more:
- Select all, edit -> stroke -> inside. Advantage this way is the image dimensions stay the same.
- Select all -> layers (or style) menu -> layer style -> stroke. This way means you can turn the border on and off at will using the layers palette. If you select only part of the image or a layer you can put the stroke around just that.

One effective border is to have a thin white border, then a thicker black border around it, or vice versa.
tommykjensen
21st of July 2007 (Sat), 05:33
One effective border is to have a thin white border, then a thicker black border around it, or vice versa.

Yep that is my preferred border. Simple but yet ads a lot to the overall image.