Week 5 - Edge Effects

Camera Info
Caterpillar: Nikon D50; Shutter Speed 1/60; F stop: 5.6; Flash On; Date: 6/13/08; Big Springs Camp - Provo Canyon - UT
Double Border
- Add rectangle shape (white - make sure Shape Layer is selected in top left corner) inside the image - leaving a little so you can still see the image
- Add a mask to the image
- Add rectangle shape (black - make sure Fill Pixels is selected in top left corner) on mask just a bit inside the white rectangle - leaves a "hole" in the center of the white rectangle showing the image underneath
- Reduce Opacity of rectangle layer (50% or so)
- Add filter - motion blur - Angle: 0 - Distance 45 px
- Add filter - motion blur - Angle: 90 - Distance 45 px

Bryce Canyon: Nikon D50; Shutter Speed: 1/800; F stop: 8.0; No Flash; Date: 5/19/06; Bryce Canyon - UT
Brush On Effect
- Open edited image
- Add new layer (Shift - Command - n)
- Set default colors (black = foreground - white = background)
- Fill layer with white (Command-delete)
- Add a black layer (Alt - click on mask)
- Use brush tool - thick heavy brushes at different opacities
- Changed the white layer to dark green pulled from the photo


Big Springs Waterfall: Nikon D50; Shutter Speed: 1 sec; F stop 27; No Flash; Date 6/13/08; Big Springs Camp - Provo Canyon - UT
Sprayed Edge Effect
- Rectangle Marquee inside the photo leaving at least half an inch around each edge
- Apply Quick Mask (Command q)
- Choose filter - Brush strokes - Spatter (can use sprayed strokes) Increase radius and length to get best effect
- Get rid of Quick Mask (q)
- Select Inverse (Command - Shift - i)
- Choose background color from the image
- Fill selection with background color (delete)
- To add more border: Image - Canvas Size - add as much as you want - make sure to apply the correct color

Flip Flops: Nikon D50; Shutter Speed: 1/3200; F stop: 4.5; No Flash; Date: 7/7/06; Beach near San Diego CA
Brush On Effect
- Open edited image
- Add new layer (Shift - Command - n)
- Set default colors (black = foreground - white = background)
- Fill layer with white (Command-delete)
- Add a black layer (Alt - click on mask)
- Use brush tool - square brushes at different sizes and opacities
- Changed the white layer to dark blue from photo - combined the layers using the multiply option