Chapter 7. Accent Your Photograph with a Border

Add a finishing touch to your image by using a border.

Tools: Photoshop Elements

Materials: Border templates Your photo

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Placing a border around your photograph is one of the best ways to add a finishing touch. Using the Cookie Cutter tool in Photoshop Elements is a great and easy way to accomplish this. In this project you will learn how to apply premade frames using the Cookie Cutter tool and how to use the Cookie Cutter crop shapes to make unique frames.

  1. Get started. Open the photograph or image you want to use in Photoshop Elements.

  2. Create new adjustment layer. Click the Adjustment Layer icon () located ...

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