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Borders Under a Minute

 

Create really cool borders in under a minute to use on virtually any one of your photos or even video for that matter.

Corey Barker

Corey Barker is Executive Producer of PlanetPhotoshop.com and is an Education and Curriculum Developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. Corey has also made numerous appearances on the highly rated podcast, PhotoshopUser TV, and is co-host of Layers TV.

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35 Comments

  1. kurt said on — April 12, 2008 @ 7:20 am

    excellent tutorial again, corey - super fast and interesting framing. i like it. greetings from austria, kurt.

  2. rosanna said on — April 12, 2008 @ 12:03 pm

    This is an excellent beginners explanation. Concise and to the point.
    Thank you very much!
    Rosanna

  3. kara said on — April 12, 2008 @ 6:20 pm

    Nice and simple - looks classy.
    Thanks!

  4. David O'Hara said on — April 14, 2008 @ 3:00 am

    Excellent video. I understood it which says something. Excellent. I have now added this to my favorites and am using it all the time.

    Thanks a lot

    David

    :-)

  5. Alvaro Garay said on — April 14, 2008 @ 10:19 am

    Hi,
    Just wanted to tell you that the tutorial is very easy to apply and very useful.
    thanks for sharing it with all of us.

    Alvaro

  6. Ivonne said on — April 14, 2008 @ 1:19 pm

    wow! this tutorial is great! It makes me feel like a pro hehe :) thank you so much… keep the tutorials coming!

  7. Skowronek said on — April 16, 2008 @ 9:29 pm

    As always, great, quick tips.

  8. katryna said on — April 17, 2008 @ 12:48 pm

    great tips! thank you!

  9. Darren Moffitt said on — April 18, 2008 @ 12:55 pm

    In the tutorial “Borders in a Minute”, can you give a tutorial on how to make the digital swoops graphic in the opening display / lesson.

    Thanks

  10. Limon said on — April 18, 2008 @ 11:41 pm

    Good……toturials…I like it

  11. karwan kurdish said on — April 21, 2008 @ 2:31 am

    Its realy good explanation I hope you be success in your life and job
    kind regards

  12. Paulo Jordao said on — April 23, 2008 @ 6:41 pm

    Great video… I was impressed how you made it easy to understand.
    Great Job!
    Paulo Jordao

  13. Naniko said on — April 24, 2008 @ 4:14 pm

    i got confused when you put the color into the border x-x

  14. Andi McCollum said on — April 24, 2008 @ 11:13 pm

    great tutorial. this was so easy to use. Thanks

  15. Karen Skelly said on — April 30, 2008 @ 5:30 pm

    I love this tutorial. Is it printed out somewhere so I can save a copy to follow later.
    Thanks

  16. Manda said on — May 4, 2008 @ 12:21 am

    This was a great tutorial! I’ve been going through a creativity dry spell but this has given me a few ideas. And it’s so simple!!!!! XD

  17. vu said on — May 6, 2008 @ 7:37 pm

    I have been watching your videos for a while. THis video is the one that I found it very fun to work around my pictures. THanks so much.

  18. Solay said on — May 7, 2008 @ 11:44 pm

    This is a handy hint. I had a folder of images I wanted to have edge effects on but was lost to how to create one and I was thinking of googleing it, then instinct told me to go to NAPP site where I then got a link to this tutorial.
    Very brief, yet detailed.
    Thank you
    Solay

  19. lisabee said on — May 8, 2008 @ 4:26 am

    Hi Corey, thanks for the tut, we are trying this for this week’s Be Creative #26 Challenge over at the Elements Village forum http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37148,
    Lisa

  20. martin mc glone said on — May 9, 2008 @ 8:33 am

    creative and easy

  21. Márcio Guerra said on — May 17, 2008 @ 2:23 pm

    Well, if you think it properly, you might find some use for this tutorial… Nice one, perhaps not on scribbling, but, some other ways… It is nice! Thanks

    Márcio Guerra

  22. Azia said on — May 30, 2008 @ 11:21 pm

    This was so simple to do, I actually tried this today and my graphic came out better than what I had hoped for. I don’t know what I would have done without these tutorials

  23. Nina said on — June 2, 2008 @ 7:22 pm

    Thank you so much. I just did it and having fun creating border from your simple tutorial. i didnt know it is that simple :-)) i shared your website to my friends in my blog, i hope that is ok.

  24. John said on — June 18, 2008 @ 8:28 am

    Very clear tutor!I didn’t even have to attach speakers in my pc to see what was coming….

  25. Lukas said on — June 21, 2008 @ 5:54 am

    Thakns, You are Awesome!! Best Regards from POLAND!

  26. Chae said on — June 23, 2008 @ 10:17 pm

    Same as poster above, I get confused when you fill your doodle with color early on in the tutorial - I’ve noticed that some of these tutorials aren’t really PS newbie friendly - which kinda defeats the purpose. I am on a mac trying to “option+delete” the hell out of it, but no color is pasted down…. You might want to explain and/or cover alternative ways of doing it…

    Other than that, the tutorial and the effect it creates looks great!

  27. Eli said on — June 30, 2008 @ 10:26 pm

    Corey you freakin rock dude!!!!

  28. denny said on — July 3, 2008 @ 4:22 am

    Help

  29. Ramone Williams said on — July 23, 2008 @ 10:25 pm

    Wonderful stuff!!!!!!!!!!!! I am completely new to photoshop, so i was lost when you added foreground colour. I have no idea what happened right there. could someone please help me. Send me an email at ramone_williams@hotmail.com

  30. AdictPS said on — July 26, 2008 @ 4:56 pm

    COOL TUTORIAL THANKS FOR SHARED IT :)

  31. Jack Casement said on — August 8, 2008 @ 4:11 am

    Excellent Corey. Another great tutorial for me to teach my students

  32. danhm said on — August 17, 2008 @ 7:24 pm

    jussst amaziiiiiing….

  33. Jules said on — September 23, 2008 @ 2:21 am

    Its amazing!!!! Thank you so much!!!

  34. David said on — October 4, 2008 @ 1:39 pm

    Thank you SOOOO much Mr. Barker, i’ve been trying to learn this ALL year!!

  35. Fred said on — October 5, 2008 @ 5:35 am

    Hi all, I have only recently found this great site, good tutorials!
    As for the problem people have with adding foreground colour, if you look at the bottom left of the tools palette you will see two small squares wich by default are black on top and white below, these are the same squares that will CHANGE COLOUR when you choose a different colour from the colour palette (ie when using a brush). The top square (default black) is the foreground colour (brush colour) the lower square is the background colour (canvas colour if you will) default white. If you press the D key on your keyboard (Mac or PC) you will be given the default colours (even if you had other colours previously selected). if you press the X key (Mac or PC) it will toggle these colours from foreground to background, (you can also do this in the tools pallette by using the small arrows icon on the top right of these squares). When using Option+Delete (Mac) or Alt+Backspace (PC) you are filling your selection with the FOREGROUND COLOUR ( ie if default colours are used it will be filled with black). As Photoshop uses a Black to White (Grayscale) Image to create a mask, anything White will be 100% solid, and anything Black will be 100% Transparent, and so show your image underneath. Anything shaded gray will have varying levels of transparency. Hope this helps!
    (Note: using Command+Delete Mac) or Ctrl+Backspace (PC) will fill your selection with the BACKGROUND colour you have) ie if default colours will be White.
    Love the site Corey, Keep up the great work!

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