Burnt
Edges
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by Daniel Kwok
This
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.
Step 1:
Open your
image and select white as your background set to 16 million colors. 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.
Step
2:
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 color and create an edge as if has been burnt
by fire.
Step
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 color 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.
Step
4:
If you like you can go around the border with brown colors 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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the best filters I have ever used. My favorite effects include the water drops,
glass, smoke and the fire shown above. You can visit the Alien Skin web site to
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