Add a Frame to your Photos!!

I've had a few PMs asking how I add my frames to my photos for my blog/forums, so I figured I'll answer it here so everyone can learn!

Once I am done editing in Lightroom, I select the photos I want for the web and go File>Export. I export into a folder on my desktop, with today's date as the folder name. The files get renamed to shootName-xx.jpg, so, for example, cruise-01.jpg, cruise-02.jpg, etc. They are resized to 500px on the long side, and I have "On Export" set to run the following framing action I created:

1. Reset swatches
2. Make background unlocked
3. Make blank layer under the background
4. Adjust canvas size
5. Fill blank layer with background color (white because I reset swatches)
6. Place (pointing to my logo, resized for the photo already)
7. Align: Bottom edge
8. Align: Horizontal Center
9. Nudge up a little bit
10. Select "Layer 0" (the actual photo)
11. Add stroke
12. Flatten
13. Save for Web
14. Close

Hope this helps! Feel free to share your techniques!

Looks pretty straightforward. Do you run an action to do this?

I'm not sure about "9. Nudge up a little". Seems a little ad hoc, compared to the rest of the procedure. Surely if you've already got a logo file sized appropriately, you could add a few pixels to the bottom of that, so that the nudging isn't necessary once pasted?

Damo77 wrote in post #5042639
Looks pretty straightforward. Do you run an action to do this?

I'm not sure about "9. Nudge up a little". Seems a little ad hoc, compared to the rest of the procedure. Surely if you've already got a logo file sized appropriately, you could add a few pixels to the bottom of that, so that the nudging isn't necessary once pasted?

Yup, it's all in an action.

By nudge up a little, I mean I pressed the "up" arrow like 5 times when recording the action to get it away from flush on the bottom.

Really? I've never been able to get arrow strokes to record in an action - and I've recorded a hell of a lot of actions. I am in awe - how is it done?

Damo77 wrote in post #5042700
Really? I've never been able to get arrow strokes to record in an action - and I've recorded a hell of a lot of actions. I am in awe - how is it done?

I'm not sure ... I just press the key! PM me your e-mail, I can send you the action if you'd like.

PM sent.

Well, I'll be damned. I can do it too! There you go ...

Damo77 wrote in post #5042860
Well, I'll be damned. I can do it too! There you go ...

Guess yeah learn something new every day, right??! LOL

Here's my technique:

Navigate to: http://homepage.ntlwor​ld.com/pooternerds/Fra​mer/
Select the version I need.
Pay Mike his ridiculously low asking price of $9
Load the script.
Run.