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tutorial will help you to create simple burnt edges to the image of your
choice. You will be using:
- the magic wand tool, - the air brush tool and - the paint brush tool. |
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Open your image and select white as your background set to 16 million colours. If you want, you can increase the canvas size by clicking "image - canvas size". This just gives you more area to work with and a better effect. Here is the image I will be starting with. |
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Now use the magic wand tool and click on the white area around the image. Invert the selection by clicking "selections - invert". This will allow you to work only on the image itself and not the white border. Use the paint brush tool with white as your foreground colour and create an edge as if has been burnt by fire. |
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3:
Click "selections - none" and use the magic wand tool to select the white areas again. Invert the selection and if you wish, feather the selection by 2 or 3 pixels. This will give you a smoother edge. Use the air brush tool with black as your foreground colour. Select a brush size of 10 and opacity 50. Go around the image close to the edges to create a dark border. Use an opacity of 20 to create a lighter border further in from the darker one. |
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If you like you can go around the border with brown colours to add a more realistic burnt effect. However, I have added flames around my image to give the impression that the image is still burning. This was created with the aid of Eye Candy from Alien Skin. |
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Eye
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It includes the best filters I have ever used. My favourite effects include
the water drops, glass, smoke and the fire shown above. You can visit the
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