Black borders arround photos

[SOAR]

Hi I was wondering if anyone could help I want to know how to add a black border on some pics and the pc I have only has paint, what program would I need.

Many thanks.

 

[Aragorn]

hello simon mate, have you got word, if you don't want to actually edit the photo i.e colour lighten/darken etc, you could add a simple border by importing, but you would only be amble to save it as a word doc, i.e you wouldn't be able to save the original picture edited.

 

[nodd]

Hi I use Photoshop Elements 2 to do mine with my version I set the canvas colour to black and then adjust the canvas size to a few mill bigger than the print size. I hope that's a help
Neil

 

[SOAR]

Yeh I've got word, I'll give it a try, could really do with a decent program really, I used to have photoshop on my las pc but it packed up, this one runs vista so my old disc wont wok with this one.

Nice one fella.

 

[nodd]

We have just changed our pc and it is running Vista and Elements 2 is running ok on it I thought I would have to up grade the program.

 

[alpha_centaur]

Try this program.

1 Its free
2 it can do almost anything that photoshop can do
3 its free

 

[Aragorn]

what program is that then and stop pinching my sig

 

[QDanT]

Hi I was wondering if anyone could help I want to know how to add a black border on some pics and the pc I have only has paint, what program would I need.

Many thanks.

open paint - file open - select your picture - edit - select all - edit copy - file new (pull the window bigger than the photo) paste -click in photo and pull to middle - use the fill with colour to make the outside black - use the select button click at width of black border required at top left of photo and pull across with mouse - edit copy or cut - - file new (save untitled No) paste-----------------there you are photo with black border 10 seconds
cheers Danny

 

[hiho]

what program is that then and stop pinching my sig

possibly this one?

 

[SOAR]

I'll give this a try thanks, I'll post the pic if I get it sorted.

 

[Aragorn]

thats a better way of doing it, can't remember the last time i used paint so didn't think of it, the advantage aswell is you could save the bordered photo as a jpeg under a differant file name, nice one dan

 

[Aragorn]

baby pics mate ?

 

[descry0]

I'd be surprised if you couldn't do as Nodd suggested with paint, but then again I haven't used that for a long time as I've switched to mac. Would be easier than importing onto word and changing formats. Word could also reduce the quality.
Even if paint doesn't allow you to increase the canvas size in black you could enlarge the canvas in white and fill (the bucket/jug symbol) in the white with black.

I just checked and photobucket allows you to adjust photos online. Go to
http://photobucket.com/

1. Register then upload photo.
2. Click on photo to Select and from the bar attached at the top of the image pick "edit"
3. From the drop down menu select "much more"
4. Select "Decorate"
5. Then click the "Borders" icon.
6. Adjust size and style to your liking and save.

You can then download or directly attach the image from that site to forums, web pages and such.

 

[descry0]

Oh, I was a little slow.

 

[SOAR]

Yeh I've got a couple of decent ones that I'd like to work on.

 

[Aragorn]

how's jan feeling mate, knackered i bet, are they at home yet ?

 

[SOAR]

shes doing well thanks mate, shes been really strong, I'm proud of her, they came home today, got some pics of her on my facebook, Jan says thanks for the regards by the way.

 

[Aragorn]

just had a look, she's lovely mate, i had forgotten how small they are when you bring them home, i bet you havn't stopped grinning yet, i was like a muppet after we had our two, cried like a baby for the first hour then grinning like idiot for the next week just enjoy her mate she's perfect

 

[SOAR]

Shes tiny mate, got to admit I shed a tear or two, nearly as bad as when I watch the sound of music always gets me that one lol.