Add Border and Change Color on the fly

What is a good way to add a border to an image, so that it I can change the
color (of the border) on the fly?

I increase the Canvas Size by whatever pixels. The problem with this
approach is the added border will pick up the current background color. If
I later want to change the color, I use the bucket tool which is not 100%
foolproof. It (bucket tool) sometimes bleeds into the image.

Another approach I tried is more tedious...
1. Make a copy of the background image.
2. Increase the Canvas Size to add the border (the current background color
is used).
3. Insert an empty layer underneath the the copy of the background image
made in Step 1.
4. Fill the empty layer above with the whatever color you want the border to
be. The original background image is now hidden.

With this approach, I can easily change the border color by filling the
empty layer with the color desired.

Any other suggestion?

TIA,
-w

Hi Wendi;
Try this ...make a dupe layer by dragging the image
thumbnail to the bottom of the layers palette and dropping it in the new
layer icon. Now use the rectangular marquee tool to draw a border inside the
image. Click Select > Inverse. Now you can click on the color you want your
border to be and click Edit > Fill > Foreground. That is ok but what I like
instead is to double click a style and then click Edit > Fill > Foreground.
That will make your border the same as the style. Since I have made around
220 of my own styles, I have a lot to choose from. Either way ...solid or
style, once it is filled, flatten the image . Oh ...your methods increase
the image size. If I want to have a border on an 8"x10" ...I still have an
8"x10" when I'm done so I keep a photos size whe done Good luck ;
Craig Flory

"Wendi" >>>>>>>> What is a good way to add a border to an image

Here is another way of doing it.

Add a new layer
use the marquee tool to draw the frame
add a stroke of a color and size you want "edit->stroke"

with this you can always change the color and even make a gradient frame.
ctrl+"click layer" and use a gradient of you own choise.

Good luck
Steen



"Wendi" <wendikun@NOSPAM_hotmail_SPAMFREE.com> skrev i en meddelelse
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> What is a good way to add a border to an image, so that it I can change
the
> color (of the border) on the fly?
>
> I increase the Canvas Size by whatever pixels. The problem with this
> approach is the added border will pick up the current background color.
If
> I later want to change the color, I use the bucket tool which is not 100%
> foolproof. It (bucket tool) sometimes bleeds into the image.
>
> Another approach I tried is more tedious...
> 1. Make a copy of the background image.
> 2. Increase the Canvas Size to add the border (the current background
color
> is used).
> 3. Insert an empty layer underneath the the copy of the background image
> made in Step 1.
> 4. Fill the empty layer above with the whatever color you want the border
to
> be. The original background image is now hidden.
>
> With this approach, I can easily change the border color by filling the
> empty layer with the color desired.
>
> Any other suggestion?
>
> TIA,
> -w
>
>
>

Wendi,

http://share.studio.adobe.com/axBrow...pe.asp?p=2&t=5

Try this there are many actions that have already been done. With a little
bit of tweaking I'm sure you can get something you like.

salut
armstrong

"Wendi" <wendikun@NOSPAM_hotmail_SPAMFREE.com> wrote in message
news:8sbMa.131803$Dr3.49394@fed1read02...
> What is a good way to add a border to an image, so that it I can change
the
> color (of the border) on the fly?
>
> I increase the Canvas Size by whatever pixels. The problem with this
> approach is the added border will pick up the current background color.
If
> I later want to change the color, I use the bucket tool which is not 100%
> foolproof. It (bucket tool) sometimes bleeds into the image.
>
> Another approach I tried is more tedious...
> 1. Make a copy of the background image.
> 2. Increase the Canvas Size to add the border (the current background
color
> is used).
> 3. Insert an empty layer underneath the the copy of the background image
> made in Step 1.
> 4. Fill the empty layer above with the whatever color you want the border
to
> be. The original background image is now hidden.
>
> With this approach, I can easily change the border color by filling the
> empty layer with the color desired.
>
> Any other suggestion?
>
> TIA,
> -w
>
>
>

Thank you all for your suggestion. However, I need a way to add a solid
border w/o losing the edges of the photo. I want to preserve every bit of
the photo.

thx,
-w

Thx Robert.

"robert" <rocksrus@stones.com> wrote in message
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> Wendi,
>
> http://share.studio.adobe.com/axBrow...pe.asp?p=2&t=5
>
> Try this there are many actions that have already been done. With a
little
> bit of tweaking I'm sure you can get something you like.
>
> salut
> armstrong
>
> "Wendi" <wendikun@NOSPAM_hotmail_SPAMFREE.com> wrote in message
> news:8sbMa.131803$Dr3.49394@fed1read02...
> > What is a good way to add a border to an image, so that it I can change
> the
> > color (of the border) on the fly?
> >
> > I increase the Canvas Size by whatever pixels. The problem with this
> > approach is the added border will pick up the current background color.
> If
> > I later want to change the color, I use the bucket tool which is not
100%
> > foolproof. It (bucket tool) sometimes bleeds into the image.
> >
> > Another approach I tried is more tedious...
> > 1. Make a copy of the background image.
> > 2. Increase the Canvas Size to add the border (the current background
> color
> > is used).
> > 3. Insert an empty layer underneath the the copy of the background image
> > made in Step 1.
> > 4. Fill the empty layer above with the whatever color you want the
border
> to
> > be. The original background image is now hidden.
> >
> > With this approach, I can easily change the border color by filling the
> > empty layer with the color desired.
> >
> > Any other suggestion?
> >
> > TIA,
> > -w
> >
> >
> >
>
>

Okay... I found out that I can turn the background layer into a normal
layer which would allow me to add a transparent border layer underneath it.
Then just do whatever I did before -- Increase Canvas Size and then
Fill/BucketPaint the border layer.



"Wendi" <wendikun@NOSPAM_hotmail_SPAMFREE.com> wrote in message
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> Thank you all for your suggestion. However, I need a way to add a solid
> border w/o losing the edges of the photo. I want to preserve every bit of
> the photo.
>
> thx,
> -w
>
>

Cool

Tony G. Smith
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Demo at http://www.vizros.com/gallery.html


"Wendi" <wendikun@NOSPAM_hotmail_SPAMFREE.com> wrote in message news:<imlMa.131853$Dr3.73771@fed1read02>...
> Thx Robert.
>
> "robert" <rocksrus@stones.com> wrote in message
> news:vg3k3u4nfaibd0@corp.supernews.com...
> > Wendi,
> >
> > http://share.studio.adobe.com/axBrow...pe.asp?p=2&t=5
> >
> > Try this there are many actions that have already been done. With a
> little
> > bit of tweaking I'm sure you can get something you like.
> >
> > salut
> > armstrong
> >
> > "Wendi" <wendikun@NOSPAM_hotmail_SPAMFREE.com> wrote in message
> > news:8sbMa.131803$Dr3.49394@fed1read02...
> > > What is a good way to add a border to an image, so that it I can change
> the
> > > color (of the border) on the fly?
> > >
> > > I increase the Canvas Size by whatever pixels. The problem with this
> > > approach is the added border will pick up the current background color.
> If
> > > I later want to change the color, I use the bucket tool which is not
> 100%
> > > foolproof. It (bucket tool) sometimes bleeds into the image.
> > >
> > > Another approach I tried is more tedious...
> > > 1. Make a copy of the background image.
> > > 2. Increase the Canvas Size to add the border (the current background
> color
> > > is used).
> > > 3. Insert an empty layer underneath the the copy of the background image
> > > made in Step 1.
> > > 4. Fill the empty layer above with the whatever color you want the
> border
> to
> > > be. The original background image is now hidden.
> > >
> > > With this approach, I can easily change the border color by filling the
> > > empty layer with the color desired.
> > >
> > > Any other suggestion?
> > >
> > > TIA,
> > > -w
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >

On Tue, 1 Jul 2003 15:03:42 -0400, "Wendi"
<wendikun@NOSPAM_hotmail_SPAMFREE.com> wrote:

>Okay... I found out that I can turn the background layer into a normal
>layer which would allow me to add a transparent border layer underneath it.
>Then just do whatever I did before -- Increase Canvas Size and then
>Fill/BucketPaint the border layer.
>
>
>
>"Wendi" <wendikun@NOSPAM_hotmail_SPAMFREE.com> wrote in message
>news:fdlMa.131851$Dr3.90144@fed1read02...
>> Thank you all for your suggestion. However, I need a way to add a solid
>> border w/o losing the edges of the photo. I want to preserve every bit of
>> the photo.
>>
>> thx,
>> -w
>>
>>
>

After increasing your canvas size, just select the transparent area
with the magic wand. Then create a new layer and make it the active
layer. With the selection still there, just use alt-Backspace to fill
the selection with the foreground color. With it on a separate layer,
anytime you want to change the color of the border, just ctrl-click on
the border layer and alt-Backspace again to change to a different
color.

Regards,
Duane

Yeah Warren.... I found that out yesterday (see my reply above) that I can
double click a background layer and turn it into a normal layer....

"Warren Sarle" <saswss@unx.sas.com> wrote in message
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> "Wendi" <wendikun@NOSPAM_hotmail_SPAMFREE.com> wrote in message
> news:8sbMa.131803$Dr3.49394@fed1read02...
> > ...
> > Another approach I tried is more tedious...
> > 1. Make a copy of the background image.
>
> You can just rename the background layer to anything other than
"background"
> instead of duplicating it.
>
>