Polaraid photo frame - part 1

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Tutorial goal:

Create a cool polaroid photo frame for your images and bring the object in the image out of the frame border.

Score: 7.6 / 10

author:
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step 1


Select a picture which you want to situate into the photo frame. Create a new layer, fill it with the white color and put it to the background.
Create a square vector object in front of the main object. This should be the OUTER border of your frame.
The square should have white color.
On this tutorial image, I set 50% visibility to that square, so you can see what's the main object.


step 2


Duplicate square layer and pull the size down with Free transform (T) togeather with holding Shift and Alt keys (you will constrain Proportions with this).
In my tutorial, I have used the RED color for displaying this square (You can use any colors).
It's better again to pull visibility down to see what area is filled with this square.


step 3


On the layers bar, find an icon for creating "Layer Mask" (In my image, green rectangle). When you will click on it, layer mask for the original image will be aplied in 100% white (that means 100% of visibility).
In the next step, press and hold Ctrl key and klick to the shape (inner border of photoframe) layer (in my image, blue arrow).
You will get inner border selected on the image layer mask.
Then press Ctrl+Shift+I (Menu "Select->Inverse") for inverting the selection.


step 4


with the Bucket tool (B) you will fill the layer mask with solid 100% BLACK color (pay attention for Opacity settings for this tool (it should be on 100%).


step 5


With the Pen tool (P), make the "shadow path" around the image (inner border).
Don't forget to do the path below to the outer border (as the shadow should be below everything).
If you want and know how to, you can make curved paths for more realistic effect. Pen tool in my tutorial has gray color of foreground #929292 or you can use the color from the image (the gray smudge on the left side).


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comments on this tutorial:

Claudiolky [lvl 41] [vp 1000] [vote medals 87]:
avatar Claudiolkygood 1
(230 days ago)
lundmikkel [lvl 21] [vp 1000] [vote medals 88]:
avatar lundmikkelThis is more an OOB tutorial. And polaroids are normally longer in one end...
(230 days ago)
zusto [lvl 5] [vp 0] [vote medals 0]:
avatar zustoludmikkel, you're right. It depends only on people, which size the rectangle will be.
(230 days ago)
gunsfoe [lvl 5] [vp 0] [vote medals 21]:
avatar gunsfoenice effect, not too complicated but great results!!
(230 days ago)
riceri [lvl 1] [vp 0] [vote medals 0]:
no avatarVery nice, ty!
(229 days ago)
faizsuhaimi [lvl 1] [vp 0] [vote medals 0]:
no avatarso nice...
(228 days ago)
patrickvanwijk [lvl 1] [vp 0] [vote medals 0]:
no avatarI really can't copy this!
Bagger, i really like the results

(228 days ago)
ness [lvl 1] [vp 0] [vote medals 0]:
no avatargotta say - i love using masks!

(213 days ago)
jlmina714 [lvl 1] [vp 0] [vote medals 0]:
no avatarputa
(211 days ago)
jlmina714 [lvl 1] [vp 0] [vote medals 0]:
no avatargood, i like that one.....
(211 days ago)
Hamid1976 [lvl 13] [vp 332] [vote medals 1]:
avatar Hamid1976Nice Tut, but I would of liked to see some shadows below the blades on the polaroid frame.
(198 days ago)
senegalais [lvl 1] [vp 0] [vote medals 0]:
no avatarit's very nice and easy to do it.thank
(91 days ago)
ezzman [lvl 1] [vp 0] [vote medals 0]:
no avatarEffect is cool

but to much time to do

any way

it is nice

(67 days ago)






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