DO MORE WITH YOUR PHOTOS
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ne way to make your photographs stand out from
the crowd is to add a decorative border to them.
This makes a shot look special. If you click the fx
icon at the bottom of the Expert editing mode
workspace, you can then click the Effects panel. This panel’s
drop-down menu gives you the option to choose Frame
effects. This enables you to apply one of three frame effects
to your shot by dragging and dropping.Photoshop Elements also has a Frames panel in the
Quick editing mode workspace. Here you can scroll through
artistic borders and decorative frames and then apply them to
your picture with a few clicks.
We’ll show you how to access the new Frames in
Photoshop Elements, and then describe how to paint
your own more unique-looking artistic borders using
preset brush tips and layer masks.Add artistic borders
Add frames to your photos using quick effects, and learn
how to create your own brush-based border from scratch
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Draw the border
Click the layer mask, press X, and set Size to 50. Click
the image at the top left corner, hold down Shift, then
click at the top right. This will draw a straight line that
creates an artistic border. Still holding down Shift, click each
corner to continue drawing the border around the shot.3
Choose a brush tip
Drag the white layer below the photo in the Layers
panel. Click the photo layer and choose Layer>Layer
Mask>Reveal All. Grab the brush tool. Click the Brush
Preset picker. Set the Brush drop-down menu to Wet Media
Brushes, and select the Drippy Water preset tip.2
Fill a new layer with white
Click Undo to remove the frame effect and then click
the Expert editing mode tab. In the Layers panel,
double click the Background layer and click OK. Choose
Layer>New>Layer. Click OK. Grab the Paint Bucket, press X,
then click to fill the layer with white.1
Apply a quick frame effect
Open ty_elements05.jpg. Click the Quick editing mode
tab, then click the Frames icon. Click a frame thumbnail
to add it to your shot. Click the photo’s control handle and
drag the slider to shrink or enlarge it within the frame. Drag
the photo to reposition it, then click the tick to apply.GET THE START FILES HERE: http://bit.ly/type-files