Adobe Photoshop CS6 Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks by Lynette Kent

MAKE A SIMPLE LINE FRAME from within a photo
You may have a photo with a large
background area but not enough resolution to
crop and resize it. You can instead transform
the excess background into a frame to help
focus the attention on the main subject.
Making a line frame from the photograph
itself is a quick way to give a classic and
finished look to any image. You make a
selection in the photo as if you were going to
crop it. You then invert the selection to create
the frame. You can even vary the frame
shape by using the Elliptical Marquee tool to
select the area with an elliptical frame. To
create any style of line frame from within the
photograph, place the frame area on its own
layer above the Background layer and change
the blend mode to Screen to lighten the area
that will become the frame.
To separate the frame from the photo even
more, stroke the borders of the new frame
layer by applying a layer style. You can
change the default stroke color to any color
that fits your image. As a final touch, add a
drop shadow and an inner shadow, and even
a bevel-and-emboss look.
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1 Press Ô+R (Ctrl+R) to open the rulers.
2 Click the Rectangular Marquee tool.
3 Click and drag to select the main
subject.
4 Click Select.
5 Click Inverse.
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6 Press Ô+J (Ctrl+J) to place the
inversed selection on its own layer.
7 Click the blend mode drop-down
menu and select Screen.
8 Click the Layer Style button.
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9 Click Stroke from the menu.
The Layer Style dialog box appears.
0 Click the Position drop-down menu
and select Center.
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Note: You can optionally click the color
box and select another color in the
Color Picker.
! Click and drag the Size slider to
increase the stroke thickness.
@ Click a layer styles such as Bevel &
Emboss ( changes to ) to give
the frame a finished look.
# Click OK.
The layer style gives the appearance
of a recessed frame.
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