In the old days we filed the edges of our negative holder which made a great artful border.
How do I do this in PSCC?
Thank you
[spelling of “border” corrected from “boarder” for international translation by moderator]
Let's go back to the days when great 35mm work was being done by Gene Smith,Robert Capa and Dan Seymour for starters, just to confirm that we are in the same page.
At that tine, in order to show that the image was printed full-frame without subsequent cropping, the the enlarger's negative carrier was filed slightly larger than the picture area that, when the shot was projected via the enlarger it produced a black slightly irregular black frame around the image (because the film was clear outside. the image area except from frame number and film type name.) Since the filing job was irregular, rather than a crisp black border, it was a bit wobbly, similar to a freehand drawn line. The so much for where border meets image. The outside of the mask should be a sharp rectangle, suggesting the enlarger paper easel flaps that hold down the paper.
If that "sign of authenticity" is what you want to replicate, I suggest you make a normal rectangle with proportion about 24x36 (3:4) and, with a hard edge brush, add a slightly uneven inside edge..crisp-edged, just not straight. It doesn't take a special brush.
Good luck.
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