I'm new at creating frames around images an I've noticed something strange while using Photoshop. When I specify a larger canvas to create a frame, I always get one side of the frame that is wider than the other one.
In the photo below, you will notice that the frame on the right is wider than the frame on the left (especially the red middle frame). What is causing this? Has anyone had this problem before?
Here is the photo
I am using the Canvas Size option under the Image menu in Photoshop. This function should create a frame of the same size all around the image.
Do you use odd numbers in the resize boxes? E.g., if you resize by 3 pixels, it can't add 1.5 pixels at the top and bottom, so it will add 2 pixels on one side and 1 on the other...
what might have happened is this... you probably specified a total width that would make the frame split into uneven sides. For example, if a picture is 600 pixels wide, and you specify a new width of 613... what will it do? well, it'll add 6 pixels to the left, and 7 to the right, creating an off-center border.
I tend to use the "relative" feature of photoshop, to specify a width, and i make sure that width is divisible by 2. so i'll for example put 12 in the width, and this will add 6 on the left and 6 on the right.
Thanks a million guys! I should have thought of that, but I didn't... so there.
Now, on the whole imbedded image thing... how do you that? I used the Insert Image button and pasted the url as requested, but the image didn't show. Any tips on solving this problem?
you cant just post the url.. thats not a link to the picture.. if you want to imbed the image itself.. right click on it and go to properties, to get the link that ends in .jpg.. use that
The easiest way I've seen to put borders on my picture is to highlight the whole image and use edit -> stroke in photoshop. I'm not sure if you could use that anyway to make a two color border, unless you did it twice and put two different strokes on the image.
Set your background color to the color you want your border to be, then select "Canvas Size" from the Image menu.
Change the units to pixels and add twice whatever you want your border to be to each box. If your image is 600 x 400 and you want a 15-pixel border all around, change canvas size to 630 x 430.
Make sure the center box is selected, so that the arrows are all pointing out. If you leave the box in the upper-left checked, space will only be added on the bottom and the right.
I read somewhere that if you use the percentage option you should add one to the shorter side. For instance, if you have a landscape oriented shot and resize the width to 106% then you should resize the height to 107% to make them look even. This isn't exactly the same thing, and I'm not sure exactly why it works but thought I'd throw it out anyway.
I'm not sure exactly why it works but thought I'd throw it out anyway.
Well I'd guess it's because 106% of 640 pixels is 678 (38px border), but 106% of 480 is only 508 (28px border) because the same percentage of a smaller number is obviously less. You would need a greater percentage to get the same increase from a smaller number.
