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Expand & Contract
Software : Photoshop CS2
Level : Beginner

Concept: This command increases or decreases the border area by the specific pixels mentioned.

1. Open Photoshop. Open Image to apply Expand & Contract commands.

2. Select the Magic Wand Tool and click on the white background area around the picture.

3. Select > Inverse

You will get following selection. Now let us apply Contract Command.

4. Select > Modify > Contract (Contract by 20 pixels)

5. Go back to the original selection and apply Expand Command.

6. Select > Modify > Expand (Expand by 7 pixels)