trying to put a frame around a photo in photoshp 7.0

[Steve747]

Hello all. I've spent hours trying to put a frame around a nice photo in photoshop 7. I have looked at tutorials with limited success. I have tried to download frames from google, there are many but I save  the image and when I try to upload it into photoshop it includes the white background of the frame. I can't just drag the frame by itself. Anyone can help would be good, thanks

[Jeff Arola]

Do you have a particular kind of frame in mind?

If in ps7 you go to Window>Actions you can load a variety of Frames actions from the Actions palette flyout menu.

what the different frames look like

[Steve747]

Thanks for replying. When I tried to download frames. I couldn't separate the frame from the white background from the website. One tutorial made it look easy. I'm attaching a photo of what I've been trying to do. I want to change the plain blue frame to maybe a wooden look

[Test Screen Name]

Bear in mind your Photoshop is very old, and no tutorial made for modern Photoshop is going to work. A huge amount was added in the 20 years since your app was made. You will struggle to find Photoshop 7 tutorials on the web. Maybe use the printed manual that came with it.

[Jeff Arola]

Here's what i did using your example:

1. Used the Rectangular Marquee Tool to make a selection of the White Area

    (if the original is a solid color like white then you could use the Magic Wand Tool

      to click on the white to select it)

2. Inversed the selection by going to Select>Inverse

3. Double click on the Background Layer to make it a regular layer and then add a layer mask by going to Layer>Add Layer Mask>Reveal All

    (that gets rid of the white)

4. Added a layer style to mimic woodgrain by going to

    Layer>Layer style>Blending Options, clicking on the word

    Styles, then clicked the flyout menu, clicked Buttons and selected Woodgrain

5. Put a photo under the frame.

There are quite a few Frame actions to download here, that were made around the time of photoshop 7.

https://www.outdooreyes.com/actionsindex.php3

[Steve747]

Thanks again. Not having much luck, see the attachment. I still can't get rid of the white inside the frame. There seems to be nothing inside the actions box. I can't see any frame styles in the layer styles flyout menu also

[jane-e]

@Steve747 

Please show a screenshot after you have done steps 1, 2, and 3 in Jeff's instructions.

Jane

[Steve747]

Hello. I followed steps 1,2,3 and I did a sceenshot. As you see I made the frame by mistake and I can't figure out how to remove the blue in the middle to put an image in it.

Steve

[Jeff Arola]

In your screenshot it looks like you have a active selection around the frame part.

It would be easier to work with if you have your layers panel visible by going to Window>Layers.

Then double click on the Background Layer thumbnail in the layers panel to turn the Background layer to

a regular layer.

Then click on the Add Layer Mask button at the bottom of the layers panel to make the inside of the frame transparent

[Steve747]

Thanks again, I'm sending another screenshot with the layer window open but not sure where to go from here to place apicture inside the frame

Steve

[Jeff Arola]

Is that how you got the frame with the layers already added?

If the frame was free, can you give a link?

[Steve747]

Hello. I can't remember how I got the frame. I was just looking all over photoshop to figure out how to put a picture inside the frame

[Jeff Arola]

Can you attach that file to the forum?

[Steve747]

It's already on here in a previous post with some explanation but I still can't figure out how to put a picture in the frame which is saved on the computer

[Jeff Arola]

I meant the actual layered psd file you have open in ps7 named frame.psd.

[Steve747]

Thanks for the reply. I'm not very good with photoshop. I have just been clicking all over the place and seem to do things by accident. Where would I find the .psd file that you mentioned?

[Jeff Arola]

The frame.psd file is probably in your downloads folder.

[Steve747]

Hello. Is this what you're after?

[Jeff Arola]

No, not a screenshot, but the actual file that you opened into photoshop 7 that you want to put a photo into.

[Steve747]

Hello. I am unable to find the frame that I originally started with. I may have to somehow start again

[Leslie Moak Murray]

You can download free picture frames on various sites. Here's one (or is there  reason you have to make it yourself?):

https://everyhdwallpapers.blogspot.com/2015/09/photoshop-frames-wallpapers-free.html 

[Jeff Arola]

If in ps7 you go to File>Open Recent, is the file listed there?

[Steve747]

Hello. The original file is not in the recents view. I'll try the frame site you suggested but when I went to a site called frames.png I could save the frame but it also came with the white background and I couldn't separate the frame from the background. Thanks

[jane-e]

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@Steve747 wrote:

I couldn't separate the frame from the background. 

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Please tell us the steps you used (with screen shots) when you tried.

Jane

[Steve747]

Hello Jane. I went to the website you suggested and I'm sending a screenshot. This is the problem I am having. I can't separate the frame from the white background