How To Put A Mat Frame In Photoshop

This wikihow teaches you how to open an image and place an image in photoshop.

How to put a mat frame in photoshop.

Rather open the image that you want to digitally frame. Then to create the border we ll fill the space with color using a solid color fill layer. Set frame stroke width pixels. Here is a look at the sample photo we ll be using in this tutorial.

Beginning with photoshop 21 2 you can also set an angle to rotate the frame stroke pattern and easily change its orientation. Set frame stroke type as solid color gradient or pattern. This opens the palette bin. Opening an image in photoshop will open an image to be editing.

Set alignment type for stroke inside center outside. This is useful if you are combining elements of an image. Next to give the stroke sharp corners change the position option to inside then keep an eye on your document as you drag the size slider towards the right to increase the thickness of the stroke creating the initial frame. There s no one size fits all value to use here because the size you ll want for your frame will depend a lot on the size of your image as well as your own personal taste.

Open an image in adobe photoshop elements. Open the photo in photoshop and look at the layers panel. If the palette bin isn t open click the arrow in the lower right corner of the window. We ll start by adding more space around the image using photoshop s canvas size command.

If it s already a background layer push on ahead. You ll learn how to choose a color for the border from the color picker and how to blend the border with your photo by choosing a color directly from the image itself. If there are multiple layers for instance if you ve done earlier editing choose layer flatten image to put everything on a background layer indicated by a lock icon. Placing an image will insert an image as a new layer in an existing photoshop file.

And here is a preview of the after version of the photo.