Perhaps none of the tutorials on using the graphics editor Adobe Photoshop is complete without an example of creating a frame for a digital image. Frames are popular and the process of creating them is very simple. Recently, with the popularization of the flow of creating demotivators, black frames have come into vogue. Indeed, it is enough to understand how to make a black frame around the image in Photoshop, and you can already start creating your own demotivators.
Necessary
Adobe Photoshop digital image editor
Instructions
Step 1
Open the image in Adobe Photoshop. Select "File" and "Open" from the menu. Alternatively, you can press the key combination Ctrl + O. In the dialog that appears, specify the location of the image file. Select the file and click the "Open" button.
Step 2
Set the background color to black. To do this, double click on the rectangle representing the background color. This rectangle is located on the toolbar. The "Color Picker (Background Color)" dialog will appear. In the "R", "G" and "B" fields of this dialog, enter the value 0. Click the "OK" button.
Step 3
Resize the canvas. Select "Image" and "Canvas Size …" from the menu, or press the Alt + Ctrl + C key combination. The "Canvas Size" dialog will open. The "Width" and "Height" fields of this dialog will be set to values indicating the current dimensions of the canvas. Set the new "Width" and "Height" values to higher values than the previous ones. The larger the new values, the thicker the border will be. In the group of buttons "Anchor" click on the button located in the center. In the "Canvas extension color" drop-down list, select "Background". Click the "OK" button. The size of the processed image will increase. The area around the image will be filled with black.
Step 4
Save the modified image. Select the menu items "File" and "Save As …", or press the key combination Shift + Ctrl + S. In the dialog that appears, specify the new file name, the desired format and the path to save it. Click the "Save" button.
