Borders

[Blayde]

Someone once showed me this, i forget where, but it helps to use.

If you want a neat border effect, this tutorial is quite easy to use.

First, get your image, i'm using this deftones cover:

http://pic.phyrefile.com/2008/02/16/deftonescover.jpg (http://pic.phyrefile.com/2008/02/16/deftonescover.jpg)

Next, select the area you want, i'm trying to concentrate on the skull:

http://pic.phyrefile.com/2008/02/16/deftonescover2.jpg (http://pic.phyrefile.com/2008/02/16/deftonescover2.jpg)

Press Ctrl+Shift+I or right click and select inverse selection, so that it select the outside of that area:

http://pic.phyrefile.com/2008/02/16/deftonescover3.jpg (http://pic.phyrefile.com/2008/02/16/deftonescover3.jpg)

Next press Q:

http://pic.phyrefile.com/2008/02/16/deftonescover4.jpg (http://pic.phyrefile.com/2008/02/16/deftonescover4.jpg)

After that, apply any filter that distorts or changes the border, play around with them.
Some that give good results are:

Halftone: it gives a nice bubbly border, especially when it's NOT a square image.

Twirl: when used on an edge of an iamge gives a ncie curvy border that looks good when erased with a feather.

Radial blur: a dusty looking border.

Underpainting: As shown below (click for transparent version)

http://thumb.phyrefile.com/2008/02/16/deftonescover5.png (http://pic.phyrefile.com/2008/02/16/deftonescover5.png)

And don't forget to mix and match, use the filter + feather and other filters at once.

[jazeon]

About the border. Later .i've finished making it. Then how to remove the red?