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1. Re: Creating an action to create a quarter inch border
c.pfaffenbichler Feb 28, 2014 5:54 AM (in response to badchess)One possible work-around is
• Select All
• Select > Modify > Border
Another option would be
• creating a Solid Color Layer without Selection
• setting its Fill to 0%
• applying a Stroke Layer Style
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2. Re: Creating an action to create a quarter inch border
badchess Feb 28, 2014 6:11 AM (in response to c.pfaffenbichler)I was looking at that as an option too, but I get a "soft" border. Is there a control somewhere regarding how hard of an edge there is in the border command? I have feather set to 0 on the task bar, but don't seem to be able to get a hard border.
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3. Re: Creating an action to create a quarter inch border
c.pfaffenbichler Feb 28, 2014 6:16 AM (in response to badchess)I was looking at that as an option too, but I get a "soft" border.
Right you are.
A Border with 1 and then expanding might provide a work-around.
Another option might be to apply Threshold in Quick Mask Mode …
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4. Re: Creating an action to create a quarter inch border
JJMack Feb 28, 2014 6:51 AM (in response to badchess)Yes modify border does some feathering. You would need to to do it the other way. Add an empty layer on top select all and stroke 60 px white inside normal blending 100% opacity.
Having it on a separate layer has some advantages for you can filter that layer like add texture and add adjustment like hue and add a layer style to turn it into a mat.
You also do not need to crop the image with this border you could have first added canvas 120 PX width and height check relative leave anchor point in center. The the image's size and aspect ratio will remain the same the document size will be larger and its aspect ratio will be different then the images aspect. The transparent area of the layer will be the size and aspect ratio of the image. If the image was a single background layer it to will have a 60px outer border for the background layer does not support transparence the added canvas will be filled with pixels.
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5. Re: Creating an action to create a quarter inch border
badchess Feb 28, 2014 6:54 AM (in response to JJMack)Perfect, thanks. I knew I was missing something obvious.



