3px Border


1. Open up the document that you will be adding the border to:

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2. Create a new layer, and fill it with white.  Set this layers blending mode to darken:

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3. Using the darken blending mode will take out all of the white areas in an image.  Now we need to add a stroke.  Go to edit > Stroke, and add a stroke with the following settings:

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4. A 3px black stroke should appear on the border of your document.  Add another stroke:

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5. Now, add another stroke with a 1 px border:

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6. And that's it!  You should now have a border like shown below:

3px Border Tutorial: Final Result

Good Luck!



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comments cinonetroxx July 03, 2007 says:
3px Border
plz help....
i try many times but still...i dont get it..
the border does not appear at all...
i want to learn how to do it..plz help...like this software very much..
and i'm the beginner not the expert thnx.. :cry: :cry: