Re: Photo touch-up

by Ray Hatch <rhatch(at)edg.net>

Date:	Tue, 09 Dec 1997 09:07:20 -0800
To:	"Jennifer Appleton" <japple(at)mbox2.singnet.com.sg>, "HWG-Graphics" <hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org>
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Hi Jennifer, 

What you need to do is enlargen your canvas size about 20 to 40 pixels
larger than your photo, then using your marque too, create a box on the
inside of your photo just a little, the invert your selection, the blur.

1. Open your photo
2. On your menu bar select "image" then click on "canvas size".
3. make your width and height about 20 to 40 pixels larger than it shows
4. Select the "box" (marque) tool from your tool bar
5. Create a marque inside your photo a little, (like you were going to crop

   some of the photo out)
6. Click on "Select" then "Inverse"
7. Click on "Filter" then "Blur" then "Gaussian Blur"

Ray

At 12:37 AM 12/9/97 +0800, Jennifer Appleton wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I've meant to ask this question a long time ago
>but not before I try it first:
>  
>How do touch up a photo using Photoshop 4.0
>to give it a nice soft edge like the ones I found in
>the following site:
>http://www.drue.com/writings/tattoo.html
>
>Please note that I am still trying to get to know
>Photoshop, so some basic steps will do nicely.
>
>Jennifer Appleton
>The Web Lab
>http://web.singnet.com.sg/~japple/
>Member of HTML Writers Guild
>
>

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