Framing
This is a quick explanation of how I make
some of the framed images we use. In this method, I don't use a transparent
gif, but work with jpgs instead. The first thing you will need is
a frame with the inside area cleared of all colors except one, white most
of the time. You can also add an inner mat line using the square
line tool. Select the square tool, have your top color box set to
black usually, click on the Control Toggle to adjust the width of the line,
then use the square tool as you would the selection tool. When you
finish tracing the inside line, just release the mouse and you have an
inside mat.
Next you use the magic wand to select the
inside area of the mat. While it is selected, choose copy and paste
as new image. This will place a copy of the inside area for you to
determine the exact pixels of that area. Then you are ready to resize/resample
the image you want framed to this size. Sometimes this takes quite
a bit of work to get the right size, especially with more involved frames.
You may have to become very creative and paste your image on a larger new
image, and then use the clone brush to extend either the width or the height
of that image. Neither of those can be smaller than the inside area
of the frame. Once that is set, you use the fill pattern method and
place the image inside the frame. Also, you can then use the square
tool once again to add another inside mat such as white.
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