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How to Add a Border to an Image in Photoshop Elements 7

Simple Border

• Load the image into Photoshop Elements:
  
  
  
  
• Press the Create a new layer button (in the Layers window) to create a new layer:
  
  
  
  
• Open the Select menu, and click on All:
  
  
  
  
• This will select the entire image. Now open the Edit menu, and click on Stroke (Outline) Selection...:
  
  
  
  
• The Stroke window will open:
  
  
  • Fill in the following information in the Stroke box:
    
    

    Width:	The width of the stroke (border) - 3 px is 3 pixels
    Color:	The color of the stroke (border)

    
    Values used for these will obviously depend on the image that is having the border added
    
    
  • Set the Location to Inside (this will put the border inside the selection)
    
    
  
  
  
• Press the OK button to add the border:
  
  
  
  

Faded Border

• Create a Simple Border as above, but make it wider than before:
  
  
  
  Note that I used 10 pixels (10 px) for this.
  
  
• From the Filter menu, select Blur and then click on Gaussian Blur...:
  
  
  
  
• The Gaussian Blur window will appear. Input a Radius for the blur:
  
  
  
  Note that the radius will control how much of the border is blurred. For this example, the border size is 10, and the blur radius is 5 so half of the border will be blurred.
  
  
• Press the OK button to do the blur: