Photographic Edges

[jaz]

That looks really great, Mig...I'm wondering if I can do a similar thing by creating custom brushes...?

[ultravista]

I would like to recreate a Filed Negative Carrier effect in Photoshop. These "sloppy" borders are getting very nice but the FNC is what I'm trying to accomplish.

Mig, do you know what I am referring to and if so, can you create one? I've had lots of luck with filters (sprayed stroke, tile, grain, blur) on a stroke but never used the displacement map.

Here's what I do.

1. Open Image
2. Rename layer to "something"
3. Create new blank layer
4. Expand new layer canvas to 110%
5. Shift select original layer
6. Apply 40 pixel stroke
7. Expand the stroke by 10 pixels (moves the selection in)
8. Inverse selection
9. Apply tiles
10. Apply sprayed strokes
11. Apply grain (horiz & vert)
12. Blur

This works for me and has given nice results but still not the framed negative carrier look.

http://www.pbase.com/image/11625092.jpg

Any ideas?

Sample Image

[suz4x4]

Hi,
I am new to this! I love the edge I tried the steps, but I must be missing something. is there a step before expand? something does not seem right. I have ps7.

Thanks,

Sue

[ultravista]

You want to expand the new (background) canvas and not the picture. This will give you a white border around the origina.

The goal is to stroke the layer behind the image.

[suz4x4]

Hi,

thanks, I will have to try that agian! maybe I'll get it this time!

[fotofreak]

Does someone know where I can find a plug-in or action for PS 6 that will accomplish this. I am tired of doing this by hand for a large amount of photos. Any help that you can give to me would be greatly appreciated.

[DannyRaphael]

FF...

Welcome to RetouchPRO...

Check out the photo-frame actions here:
users.adelphia.net/~window/Actions.htm

specifically the collections by Bud Guinn. I'm pretty sure there's a black frame / white matte version among the actions he's written.

You might want to check this one, too:
www.jakerlund.net

There's a pretty nice frame action in the set Jony offers.

Finally, the following collection has a couple frame/matte actions. You might have to tinker with them a bit to get the size/colors you want, but the basics are in place:

http://www.geocities.com/kafuensis/

Hope this gets you moving.

~DannyR~

[gina]

Hi guys
I want to respond to Jaz with his question about brushes:
look at
http://veredgf.fredfarm.com/vbrush/main.html
and from there on you can find a wealth of brushes.
Small chance he hasn't allready found them but I want to send the info anyway.
Oh yeah and at www.graphicgoo.net there is a brushes section every month but you have to check every month's submission(archives section). Great if you have the time though!

gina

ps. the images you make on your own allready look great to me!