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Brief tutorial on how framing a photo using Photoshop

Framing a photo or any picture in Photoshop is quite simple and easy. Basically, we can make a frame with any shape we like such as triangle and circular shape, but rectangle is obviously a common shape of a frame. In this simple tutorial, I will show you how to make a frame based on rectangular shape using the image from www.bigfoto.com.

So, let’s start!

  1. Open the image you want to be framed.

    flower
  2. Create a new layer by clicking the “Create an new layer” icon on the bottom of the Layer Palette, and make a selection using “Rectangular Marquee Tool” on the Toolbox or press “M” on your keyboard. The rectangular marquee size should be smaller than the image.

    marquee tool selection
  3. Invert the selection by pressing Ctrl+Shift+I or by clicking “Inverse” on the Select menu.

    inverse

    after inversing
  4. Fill the selection with any color you wish. In this tutorial I use #DF61A8. If you want to fill the selection with Foreground color, press Alt+Delete or press Ctrl+Delete to fill it with background color.
  5. Now we have the frame around the image with pink color.

    pink frame
  6. We can make the frame more attractive by adding some effects. The effects can be obtained from the “Filter” menu. Here, I add noise and Angled Stroke effects with the settings as shown below.

    add noise


    angled strokes
  7. Press Ctrl+D to remove the selection. Now the frame look like this

    pink frame
  8. The last step is to add more realism to the frame by using some blending from “Add a layer style” at the bottom of the Layer Palette.

    blending option

    You can try drop shadow, bevel, or emboss with it’s various settings. In this tutorial, I use drop shadow and stroke with settings like in picture.

    drop shadow

    stroke

    Here is the final result

    final result frame

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