Fun With Borders

Download Supplies Here
Includes Fairy Image used for tutorial and Font

Adding a border to your image adds a creative touch. We have been adding a
plain border in the last 3 lessons.   

This tutorial will show you how to add a different texture, inner bevel and drop shadow.

1.  Place your supplies in the My Documents folder.

2.  Open the Fairy Image 

 3.  Add a new Raster Layer

4.  Click on the Dropper Tool  

5.  Pick a light background color for your image

 6.  Click on the flood fill tool     
      Make sure that you are on Raster 2. It will be highlighted in Blue.

 7. With your flood fill tool over the image, click and it will fill the raster
     with the color

 8. This is what your layer palette should look like

9, Move the Raster 2 layer to the bottom.  You can either drag it or go to Layers,    Arrange, Move Down

 Now we are going to have some fun with add the border and using different effects.

10. Go to Image – Add Border

11. Set the border properties to Pixel size 10, make sure that Symmetric box is checked

12. Let’s pick a different color for the border.  Click on the color and it will open up the color information. 

Change the Red, Green and Blue numbers to match mine

13. Click on your magic wand tool  17 (Looks like a “magic wand that

the wizards use.

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