Photoshop Tutorial: How to Create Rounded Borders
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One thing you can do in Photoshop is add borders. Borders are a great way to make any picture look sharp and professional. There are numerous ways to add borders to pictures, with some techniques being easier than others.
In this tutorial, I will show you how to add rounded borders to pictures. Rounded borders look great on photos, especially after you apply a vintage effect to them. However, you can add a rounded border to virtually any photo, which is what this tutorial will show you how to do.
Before you start the actual tutorial part, make sure you have a photo to work with. For the sake of this tutorial, you can use any picture you want to add a border to. You can use a photo of a landscape, a portrait, anything. If you don't have a picture of your own, visit sxc.hu or morguefile.com to find a picture. Just simply go to the website and search for a type of photo you want to use.
So let's begin!
Step 1) Open up your picture in Photoshop by going to File > Open. If you're copying and pasting off the web, go to File > New. The canvas size will automatically adjust to the size of the picture on your clipboard. After the canvas is open, go to Edit > Paste.
Step 2) Select the Rounded Rectangle Tool from the free-floating vertical menu bar on the left hand side of the screen. It's grouped with a few other tools, so if you don't see it right away, hold the mouse down over some of the tools until you find it.
Step 3) After you choose the Rounded Rectangle Tool, select the Radius at the top of the screen as 30.
Step 4) Using your mouse, click down in one corner of the picture and drag it to the opposite corner, leaving some space between the line and the egde of the photo. The size between the line and the edge of the photo depends on how big you want the border to be as this will be your actual border.
Step 5) After you lift up your mouse, a black rounded rectangle will appear. Next, invert the shape. Do this by going to the Path Selection Tool on the vertical menu bar.
Step 6) Click the rectangle to select it.
Step 7) At the top of the screen, click the Subtract from Shape Area. It looks like one square behind the other.
Step 8) At this point you've created the border. You can change the color by selecting the Paint Bucket Tool and selecting any color you like. Agree to rasterize and click outside on the border.
Then you're done! And you've created a professional rounded border.