Simple Photo Frame
Software : Photoshop CS2
Level : Advance

Concept: The lesson is designed using Adobe Photoshop. We have used selections, different combination of image editing tools and filters for most of the effects. Photoshop comes up with lots of the options and scope for experiment is much more than you can imagine. We wish to encourage you to use different options and tools to get better output. The lessons and techniques described need to be followed as a guideline to achieve the effect.

1. Open Photoshop. Open the image to create Plain Emboss frame.

2. Create New file with 640 X 480 Pixels and drag the image on it using Move tool.

3. Create a new layer in the middle of background and image layer. Keep it Selected. You can name it as a BASE frame layer if you want.

4. Draw rectangular selection around the image for frame using Rectangular Marquee Tool, on the BASE frame layer. View > Show > Grid for the accuracy.

5. Fill rectangle with the desired color. Deselect using CTRL + D

6. Select image layer. Press CTRL and click the image icon on the image layer to select just the image.

7. Select BASE frame layer and press Del to delete the inside portion of the colored rectangle and now we have just the frame on the BASE frame layer. Press CTRL+D to deselect.

8. Keep the BASE frame layer selected.

9. Layer > Layer Style > Bevel and Emboss (Style : Inner Bevel)

10. Image > Trim to trim the image.