Photoshop Finishing Touches

Technique #31. Burned-In Edges—Version 1

Adding slightly darker edges to the photo—often known as burned-in edges—can help focus attention on the center of an image and add drama. In typical Photoshop fashion, there are many different ways to achieve this result. We’ll look at three different methods over the next three techniques.

key cocepts

quick mask

blend modes

Here’s the photo for this example (and for the next two techniques, so you ...