Photoshop Tutorial: Adding Cool Borders
In this tutorial I’m going to show you how to make borders easily using quickmask and filters in photoshop. Here’s a sample that I did using quick mask and fragment filter;
Let’s get started!
Step 1.) Open your image, and duplicate your background layer. Choose your background layer and fill it with whatever color you want for your border. Mine is white.
Step 2.) Now make a rectangular selection just like when you want to crop the picture. The area outside is where the border effect will happen.
Step 3.) Inverse your selection (ctrl+shift+i) and press ‘q’ to apply the quick mask.
Step 4.) It’s time to play around with your filters. I’ll get mine done with the fragment filter. So, go to Filter > Pixelate > Fragment, and apply the same filter 5 times by pressing ‘ctrl +f’ 4 times.
Step 5.) After you apply the effect, press ‘q’ to turn the quick mask into selection, and delete the selection. You should get something like this..
Experiment with the different filters and colors to get your cool borders effects.
See also: Photoshop Tutorials
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I have a picture taken from a 4Mpix Camera. When i tried repeating the fragment, the fragmentation was not big enough as seen from your tutorial.
How can i go abt setting larger Fragmentation? To obtain something like what is shown here?
Your picture is too big, the fragment filter wont give you the same result no matter how many times you repeat it. Try to resize its resolution to 72pixel or use other filter..I found the Glass filter was quite interesting..
Good article..
i tried the 72 pixels thing myself and still after turning off the mask again, the effect is lost
I think it is to red as i am ginger and have freckles
Ok so im new at the photoshop thing. Im fine till i get to delete selection. I just keep deleting the entire picture. How do i just delete the selection? Im useing adobe photoshop 6.
FRED… i’m also quite new to this photoshop thingy.. but i think DELETE the selection means DESELECTING…. which you can do like.. (Ctrl+D) or SELCT>DESELECT.. ^_^ ]
gud day
n BTW.. i also couldn’t do this effect.. guess my picture also was too big.. heheh..