Resizing and adding borders in PSE Adding a border Open your image in EDITOR After having completed changes you want It should appear as a screen similar to the one on the left On the menu bar SELECT The DROP DOWN MENU from IMAGE Shown as
Select RESIZE Select CANVAS SIZE In the dialogue box Add the size of the border (this can be in cm, mm, inches or pixels or as %) I have chosen CM and added the value 0.2 MAKE SURE the box beneath (RELATIVE) is TICKED Select from the drop down menu the COLOUR you want for the border
Your jpeg image will now have a border in white Then go to SAVE AS and save the new file
Resizing With your new jpeg in the EDITOR screen SELECT – IMAGE From the DROP DOWN menu SELECT – RESIZE From options SELECT – IMAGE SIZE
Resizing – a dialogue box will appear Fill in the HIGHLIGHTED BOX With your NEW PIXEL Width (this is likely to be 1400 or 1050 depending on whether your image is PORTRAIT (1050) or LANDSCAPE (1400) Make sure the boxes below are TICKED Especially the CONSTRAIN PROPORTIONS
SAVE AS and save your image with a new name Your image is now resized And suitable for entering in COMPETITION DON’T FORGET to go to SAVE AS and save your image with a new name