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3px Border

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Added: Apr 28, 2006 Rating:  Average Rating: 2.85 Votes: 26 Position: 9282 of 12268Average Rating: 2.85 Votes: 26 Position: 9282 of 12268Average Rating: 2.85 Votes: 26 Position: 9282 of 12268Average Rating: 2.85 Votes: 26 Position: 9282 of 12268Average Rating: 2.85 Votes: 26 Position: 9282 of 12268 Level: Beginner Software:  Photoshop

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

image 1

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

image 2

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:

image 3

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

image 4

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

image 5

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 02, 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.. Crying or Very sad Crying or Very sad