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How to add border within canvas size without cropping photo

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January 18, 2023
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Hi all!

I am trying to add a border within a canvas without adding it onto the overall canvas size. I have an image I would like to shrink down inside the canvas. 0.5" borders I am trying to add.

I have tried adding stroke but this is just cropping ontop of the image instead of shrinking image down within the set border. Is there a way to do this?

Thanks!

macOS

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NB, colourmanagement

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I'd resize the image down to its required size THEN add a border to get you back to A5.

I hope this helps
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melissapiccone

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Do you need to shrink or image or just add a border? Go to the image dropdown, choose canvas size and set it to relative.

Melissa Piccone | Adobe Trainer | Online Courses Author | Fine Artist

kerrib95468934Author

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Hey Melissa, I used this method before but was confused why the canvas size changes.

I have an A5 canvas and want to keep it this size but border within. Here is a screenshot of canvas size before and after using this method. Is this right?

melissapiccone

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It does resize the canvas, but then you can resize the image after that - returning to the correct size. So you make the canvas larger, giving you the border, then do image size to reduce the whole thing to the correct size. I always use a shape to create a border - just a rectangle with a white border and no fill, but that will cover the edges of your image.

Melissa Piccone | Adobe Trainer | Online Courses Author | Fine Artist

Bojan Živković11378569

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It may not be possible to add exactly 0.5in on all sides using shrink method without distorting image a little bit because of proportions. Lets say you have 500x700px (5x7 proportion) image 500PPI. If you shring for half inch (250px) new image will be 250x450px (5x9 proportion). It will look distorted, with more pixels in play and different resolution it won't be soo obvious but it will certainly distort image unless it is square. I hope you understand what I am talking about. If you do not feel free to ask question.

jane-e

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@kerrib95468934

Try this:

Go to View > New Guide Layout and create margin guides on the top, bottom, left, and right of .5 inches. Don't add columns or rows.
Convert image layer to Smart Obect so you can resize non-destructively
Cmd + T (Edit > Free transform) > Confirm Link button is enabled to keep image proportional
Scale image > use Option if you want to scale from the center
Accept the tranformation
Create a new layer underneath and fill with the border color

You didn't say your skill level, so ask again if anything is not clear.

Jane

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