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You know it might be a hang up of mine only but i do think that over fancy borders on pictures take away from the image, i feel some even add borders because of short falls within the image itself and by adding the above makes it look better, well for me its the opposite, my advice would be keep it simple we want to see the pic and not interested in the other, emoticon

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Mr "Grumpy" Martin

You just made me realize that frames don't always help the picture. I've been using the same one for a while for display on Pbase site. I think it's not the best for C&C on this forum it can be distracting. I'll try using a small frame or no frame at all from now on. Sometimes I think a small frame keeps everything together, for example mist, fog or grey sky gets lost on this forum's grey background.
What do you think of this?

Rats! now I'm gonna have to make a special gallerie on Pbase just for the pics I post here. emoticon

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I am not saying dont use any border I agree a border somtimes holds the pick against the background , just meaning keep it plain and simple emoticon

dont let the border over power the image

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Must admit I do prefer to see a black background so a border is sometimes useful against the grey of the Board

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Re: Borders

Hi guys,

Just found this forum - great site !

Just on the subject of borders, what technique do you use to create your borders please ? - I am VERY new to digital/PS etc and am interested in using the technique occasionally ?

Appologies if this is covered in another thread and if it is, can someone direct me to it ?

JH.

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Is it Photoshop that you have Jim ?

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Hi Simon and yes, I have PS CS

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Re: Borders

To create a simple border just click on Image / Canvas Size.

When the 'Canvas Size' dialog box comes up you will get the current size of the image in either pixels, millimetres or centimetres [or others] depending upon your personal preferences. I tend to use cm.

Select your preferred border colour [black?] and increase the two dimension measurements by 1cm and click OK.

You will see a black 1cm border appear.

Experiment with what appeals to you e.g. multiple borders to give you a small sized black border followed by a very thin white border followed by a broad black border like this one:

Dunescape 01

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Thanks Simon - off to practice !

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Its an interesting subject. I used to use borders, and sometimes i spend quite a long time looking for an interesting borders, not only these plain, black ones.

Now i don't bother about them at all, they may help improve the picture but i have seen so many borders which were made without taste, or just were unnecessary and took viewers attention out of the picture. So ive decided not to bother about them any more.

I've heard also that borders isoloate photo from the viewer. Photo without a border makes you feel more part of it. I don't know how does it work with digital borders, but I really like this idea.. even if it may seems a bit strange.