Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Making Borders

Open up a new document for a banner/avatar

These are the sizes i use but you can do any size

Banners: Box Shape - 300x300
Rectangle - 400x200
Avatars: 120x120
Signatures: 500x100 or 500x150

Step 1



























Using the box tool, highlighted in red, make a box shape smaller than your image size. If it looks uneven then push or pull the sides.

As you can see, if you draw on the box, you will only be able to color the middle, and not the border you want. Go to select > Invert






Now, i've selected the paint bucket tool and chose pattern fill. You can use just one color by selecting the FG color fill, or you can click on the gradient tool and use a gradient. To use a gradient, on the bottom right of the right side toolbox, select a gradient (or make your own by selecting 2 colors for the FG and BG) and drag your mouse from left to right



When posting the bimbo, always, Always, ALWAYS, right click > edit > Paste as > New layer. As some people post bimbos with that dreaded white background its easier to make the bimbo into a new layer.
As you can see from the red circles, the bimbo overlaps onto the border. Fixing this is as easy as breathing







Just select your eraser tool, change it to a large size (i chose the largest lol) and just wipe across the overlapping bits!

Add your writing, and save it!

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