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What is a good way to add a border to an image, so that it I can change the color (of the border) on the fly?
I increase the Canvas Size by whatever pixels. The problem with this approach is the added border will pick up the current background color. If I later want to change the color, I use the bucket tool which is not 100% foolproof. It (bucket tool) sometimes bleeds into the image.
Another approach I tried is more tedious…
1. Make a copy of the background image.
2. Increase the Canvas Size to add the border (the current background color is used).
3. Insert an empty layer underneath the the copy of the background image made in Step 1.
4. Fill the empty layer above with the whatever color you want the border to be. The original background image is now hidden.
With this approach, I can easily change the border color by filling the empty layer with the color desired.
Any other suggestion?
TIA,
-w
I increase the Canvas Size by whatever pixels. The problem with this approach is the added border will pick up the current background color. If I later want to change the color, I use the bucket tool which is not 100% foolproof. It (bucket tool) sometimes bleeds into the image.
Another approach I tried is more tedious…
1. Make a copy of the background image.
2. Increase the Canvas Size to add the border (the current background color is used).
3. Insert an empty layer underneath the the copy of the background image made in Step 1.
4. Fill the empty layer above with the whatever color you want the border to be. The original background image is now hidden.
With this approach, I can easily change the border color by filling the empty layer with the color desired.
Any other suggestion?
TIA,
-w
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