|
|
Post by Inspeqtor on May 17, 2021 4:13:25 GMT
I did a Google search on how to do this and found what I thought was an easy to understand VIDEO. For the most part it really was easy. As I was closely listening and also closely watching what he was doing, as he actually put the border around the OUTSIDE of the video, I did notice after he put his rectangular box around the outside, then when he right clicked and selected "Stroke "Outline" Selected" his "Location for "Inside, "Center" or "Outside" was set to inside. My thinking was this, since the border will be going on the outside of the photo it seems he should have selected outside. When I tried doing this, I did select outside, and of course found outside does not work, nothing happened, but inside does work. Can someone please explain this to me in plain easy to understand wording that this old boy can understand? When is "Outside" used?? Also what is "Center" used for? The narrator never did talk about this. Thank you!! |
|
|
|
Post by Sepiana on May 17, 2021 4:24:38 GMT
|
|
|
|
Post by Tpgettys on May 17, 2021 5:52:54 GMT
Can someone please explain this to me in plain easy to understand wording that this old boy can understand? When is "Outside" used?? Your link really helped me to understand where the difficulty lies. He DID put his stroke on the inside, as you carefully observed, and that border encroached on the image. If you want a border that retains the entirety of the image something else has to be done, but that is different discussion.
First, understand that an image has a fixed size, so "outside" has no meaning. If you make a selection that is entirely within a image however, that selection has an "inside" and an "outside".
Here are four images, the first showing the rectangular marquee selection, then the strokes with Inside, Center and Outside selected.
Image with the selection within the image
| Stroke is "Inside" the selection | Stroke is "Center" the selection | Stroke is "Outside" the selection |  |  |  |
 |
Hopefully you can see the differences and why the vocabulary was used.
To answer your original question, how to put a border around an existing image, you must first resize the "canvas" to make room for the new border.
|
|
|
|
Post by cats4jan on May 17, 2021 12:32:31 GMT
I avoid problems with bordering by always starting my project with a blank canvas. If all I wanted to do was outline a photo - using outside - I would drag the photo to the new canvas and resize it slightly smaller so I can have that outside border.
And, I would follow Sepiana's advice and put that border on its own layer for flexibility. I love being able to manipulate the border independently of the photo. To manipulate border and photo as one unit, use the little chain link icon on the left edge of the layer to connect the two layers so they will move as one.
Of course, almost everything I do is a precursor to making a collage/scrapbook page, so I approach it differently than a photographer would - but once I started putting my border on its own layer, I never went back.
|
|
|
|
Post by Inspeqtor on May 17, 2021 13:37:21 GMT
Can someone please explain this to me in plain easy to understand wording that this old boy can understand? When is "Outside" used?? Your link really helped me to understand where the difficulty lies. He DID put his stroke on the inside, as you carefully observed, and that border encroached on the image. If you want a border that retains the entirety of the image something else has to be done, but that is different discussion.
First, understand that an image has a fixed size, so "outside" has no meaning. If you make a selection that is entirely within a image however, that selection has an "inside" and an "outside".
Here are four images, the first showing the rectangular marquee selection, then the strokes with Inside, Center and Outside selected.
Image with the selection within the image
| Stroke is "Inside" the selection | Stroke is "Center" the selection | Stroke is "Outside" the selection | | | |
|
Hopefully you can see the differences and why the vocabulary was used.
To answer your original question, how to put a border around an existing image, you must first resize the "canvas" to make room for the new border. Thank you Tpgettys! You showing me the marching ants helps me understand better what is happening! |
|
|
|
Post by Tpgettys on May 17, 2021 16:21:40 GMT
I’m pleased I was able to help Charles.
|
|
