Border top & bottom or L & R

Hi all, can some one provide or link me to a tutorial for adding borders to either the top and bottom, or left and right of an image as opposed to all round. I also want to add text to the borders. Sorry if its been dealt with before but my searches come up with all round borders.

Trace

Hmmm.....obviously nothing!!!!

Trace wrote in post #8530979
Hmmm.....obviously nothing!!!!

Might help if we knew what software you're using.

What sort of border? Just a plain white one? If so, probably the easiest way is to increase the canvas size in Photoshop.

hollis_f wrote in post #8531024
Might help if we knew what software you're using.

CS3 Frank.

Roy Mathers wrote in post #8531092
What sort of border? Just a plain white one? If so, probably the easiest way is to increase the canvas size in Photoshop.

Any colour Roy but I lean towards the black.

You can do this in CS3 by altering your canvas size.

Once you have your image open, on the menu go to Image>Canvas Size (Alt+Ctrl+C) and you will see the Canvas Size editor. Make sure the little box titled "Relative" is ticked. Enter a value (this will effectively add new canvas to the edges of your image) what you enter is up to you but try a 2% (width and height) black border followed by a 7% white border just to see what happens. You can play about with the values until you get something to suit what you want.

The Anchor selection will determine where the canvas extends. Keeping it in the middle will give you an all round border.

And finally, make sure you choose the canvas extension colour that you want each time.

Go play, enjoy!

Trace wrote in post #8531207
Any colour Roy but I lean towards the black.

Using the Photoshop 'increase canvas size' I mentioned earlier, you can choose any colour you like.

Mike wrote in post #8531257
You can do this in CS3 by altering your canvas size.

Once you have your image open, on the menu go to Image>Canvas Size (Alt+Ctrl+C) and you will see the Canvas Size editor. Make sure the little box titled "Relative" is ticked. Enter a value (this will effectively add new canvas to the edges of your image) what you enter is up to you but try a 2% (width and height) black border followed by a 7% white border just to see what happens. You can play about with the values until you get something to suit what you want.

The Anchor selection will determine where the canvas extends. Keeping it in the middle will give you an all round border.

And finally, make sure you choose the canvas extension colour that you want each time.

Go play, enjoy!

Wow thanks Mike, that was a cinch compared to what my wife showed me.

Roy Mathers wrote in post #8531347
Using the Photoshop 'increase canvas size' I mentioned earlier, you can choose any colour you like.

Thanks again Roy.

Trace wrote in post #8534292
Wow thanks Mike, that was a cinch compared to what my wife showed me.

Glad to be of service!