Frames are very often used as a decoration element for newly created or existing artistic images or photographs. Each time, it is not very convenient to repeat the entire procedure for drawing this element in full, therefore, various kinds of blanks are used, which do not take long to bring to the desired form. On the Internet you can find such blanks for the graphics editor Adobe Photoshop in a variety of formats. Depending on this format, a set of frames can be added in different ways to the corresponding tool palette of the application.
Necessary
Graphic editor Adobe Photoshop, file with a set of frames
Instructions
Step 1
Files with frames downloaded from the Internet can have the csh extension after being extracted from the archive - these are elements of the palette for the "arbitrary shape" tool. To add them to the set, activate this tool in the graphical editor - click the icon on the toolbar or press the U key. Then open the "Raster dot shape" drop-down list on the parameter strip and click the triangular arrow in the upper right corner of the drop-down table. A context menu will open, in which you should select the "Load Shapes" item, and using the standard dialog box, find and open the downloaded csh file. The new frames are added to the end of the shape list.
Step 2
Sometimes authors create frames in the format of brushes - in this case, the uploaded files will have the abr extension. To add such sets to Photoshop, you also need to activate this tool by clicking on the corresponding icon. You can also do this by pressing the B key. The rest of the procedure differs little from the one described in the previous step: open the drop-down list with brush options and call the context menu by clicking on the triangular button in the upper right corner. Then select the item "Load brushes", in the dialog box that appears, find the file with the set of frames and open it.
Step 3
There are collections of frames in font format (ttf extension). To add such sets to the graphics editor, you should use the tools of the operating system, since Photoshop uses the list of fonts installed in the OS. If the computer is running a fairly modern version of the OS, then the easiest way to install the font is to right-click the file and select the "Install" line in the context menu. A new font with a set of frames will become available in the graphics editor either immediately or after restarting Photoshop.
Step 4
Often, not blank frames in the formats of various tools are distributed on the network, but already finished templates in the editor's own format (psd extension) or in one of the standard graphic formats (most often.png"
