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bjt » Tue Mar 29, 2011 12:08 am
Rusty, nice explanation
Erinjo, could you please post an image of a frame you have in mind or provide a link to an image.
Are you familiar with creating patterns?
Here is what I have in mind, based on a PSE tutorial done by Corey Barker, probably in his Killer Tips series.
I don't have access to those tutorials now, but perhaps someone who has a subscription to the videos can help with this explanation.
First create a tiny document say 25 px X 25px
add an elipse filled with a color (edit: make sure there is no feather on the elipse)
select the whole tiny document
under edit - select define pattern
Create a new document to create the frame
use a marque to draw out one side of the frame (a rectangle)
under edit - fill with pattern - selecting the dot pattern you just defined
cut out the unwanted sections (extra dots, etc)
copy the completed side to another layer,
copy again & rotate
continue until you have the right number of vertical & horizontal sides.
merge & add a stroke, layer style or whatever you have in mind.
hope this explanation isn't worded in a confusing manner.
I think another member will elaborate on what I'm trying to describe.
Creating a pattern & filling rectangles with the pattern works quickly.
Example: You probably have something more conservative in mind, but this is what I came up with
- dots-frame.jpg (101.93 KiB) Viewed 1629 times
These dots are large, however, the size of the dots can be scaled if a pattern adjust layer is used.
The same pattern was used to create both frames
- frame-dots-2.jpg (19.97 KiB) Viewed 1625 times
unfortunately, the elipse which was used in the pattern has a 3px feather which makes the pattern have soft edges.