Make a FRAME FROM A PHOTOGRAPH You may
Make a FRAME FROM A PHOTOGRAPH You may have a photo with more background area than necessary. Rather than crop the photo, you can transform the excess background into a frame for the central focus of the image. Making a frame from the photograph itself is a quick way to give a finished look to any image. You select the area of the photo that you would otherwise crop and then invert the selection to create the frame. You can vary the frame shape by using the Elliptical Marquee tool to create an oval frame. To do so, jump the selected area to its own layer above the Background layer and change the blend mode to Screen to lighten it. To separate the frame from the photo even more, you stroke the borders of the new frame layer by applying a layer style. The Layer Style dialog box includes a stroke option with red as the default color; however, you can change it to any color that fits your image. As a final touch, add a drop shadow and an inner shadow, and even a bevel and emboss look. 33 44 88 55 11 22 @@ 00 77 ## ## 99 $$ 66 Photo 2007 www.photospin.com 1 Click the Rectangular Marquee tool. 2 Click and drag a large rectangle in the photo to delineate the frame. 3 Click Select. 4 Click Inverse. 5 Press +J (Ctrl+J) to jump the selection to its own layer. 6 Click here and select Screen. 7 Click here. 8 Click Stroke. 9 When the Layer Style dialog box appears, move it to see the image. 0 Click the Color thumbnail. The Color Picker appears. ! Set the color to white and click OK to close the Color Picker. @ Click and drag the Size slider to increase the thickness. # Click Drop Shadow, Inner Shadow, and Bevel and Emboss. $ Click OK. The layer style gives the appearance of a realistic frame. 191Chapter 9
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