Placing an edge around an image?

Hello All,

I am trying to figure out how to go about making a frame or edging around and image such as the photo example.

This is what I was told to do, but cannot make head to tail from it:

Magic wand outside the picture.
Select>Inverse.
Stroke - set to 1 pixel and desired colour.
New Layer
Move Marquee box to desired position
Stroke again
Move 2nd layer to back

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Darryl

right..after you have selected the whole image with the wand

u go the menus at the top (file, edit etc); go to the select menu, then click on inverse

now go the the menus again, leyer > stlye > blending options

in there is a tick box saying stroke (im here set how many pixels u want etc) select ok or wateva

create a new layer (on you layer panel, theres a little icon (look like a sheet of paper) click this)

then get the pointer tool..drag the selected region to where u want the drop shadow

repeat the stroke bit

then just drag that layer uinder the first layer



u may find that u cannot get to blending options if u are editting a background layer..to solve this just ctrl + a that layer and copy it to a new one, then selete the background one)

If you just want a solid color or gradient, I find just expanding the canvas size to be the easiest way. Just make sure your image is a layer and not a background, and after you expand the canvas you can move the image around as well as create a layer under it and fill that layer with color.

The canvas size option is in Image>Canvas Size.

for fancy schmancy borders, draw a rectangle (a vector) and then use any brush to stroke the path. Its like drawing with any brush with a VERY steady hand.