Autumn is a beautiful and a bit sad time of the year, and therefore a photo framed with bright autumn leaves will have a special mood. Such a frame can be made in a few minutes in the graphics editor Photoshop.
Necessary
- - Photoshop program;
- - photograph of the sheet;
- - the image to be inserted into the frame.
Instructions
Step 1
To create a frame, you will need a photograph of a fallen leaf. You can make it yourself or find it on the Internet at a site with free images. A clear maple leaf half the size of the photo you are framed is best for. Upload your photo and sheet file to Photoshop.
Step 2
Select the entire sheet image using the All option from the Select menu. Copy the image and paste it over the photo you are making the frame for. Use the Copy and Paste options from the Edit menu to copy and paste.
Step 3
Use the Rectangular Marquee Tool to constrain the area of the photo that will be visible from under the frame. It is desirable that the width of the bottom of the frame is at least one-fifth of the height of the entire photo, and the selection is shifted up and to the left. If you need to keep most of the image visible, increase the canvas size using the Canvas Size option from the Image menu. Invert the selection with the Inverse option of the Secect menu.
Step 4
Create a new layer with the Layer option found in the New group of the Layer menu. On this layer, fill the selection with the lightest color that the sheet is painted with in the photo. To do this, click on the square of the main color in the tool palette and on the fragment of the sheet that contains the desired color. Fill with the Paint Bucket Tool.
Step 5
Add a stroke to the base for the frame. To do this, open the layer effects window by clicking on the color-filled base layer and choosing the Blending Options option from the context menu. In the Stroke tab, select Inside for the stroke and a size between three and five pixels. For the color, select the darkest of those that are present in the image of the leaf. Deselect the selection with the Deselect option on the Select menu.
Step 6
Separate the sheet from the background. To do this, activate the layer with this photo in the layers palette and select the outline of the leaf with one of the tools of the Lasso group. If the background of a photo with a leaf is solid, select it with the Magic Wand Tool and delete it with the Clear option of the Edit menu. If you selected the leaf, invert the selection before removing the background.
Step 7
Remove the selection around the sheet and reduce it with the Free Transform option from the Edit menu so that it protrudes slightly beyond the inner border of the frame. Using the Move Tool, drag the leaf to the lower right corner of the frame and turn it with its tail to the left. This can be done using the Rotate option from the Transform group of the Edit menu.
Step 8
Duplicate the leaf layer using the Dublicate Layer option from the Layer menu. Reduce the copy of the sheet slightly and move the image to the left so that the new sheet overlaps the one from which it was copied only at the edge. Rotate the reduced copy of the sheet at an arbitrary angle.
Step 9
Likewise, fill all sides of the frame with gradually decreasing leaves rotated at different angles.
Step 10
Save the framed picture to a psd file using the Save As option of the File menu. This will allow you to insert another photo into the leaf frame if required. Save a copy of the file in.jpg"
