Marvin
25-11-2010, 08:43 PM
Lots of people struggle to get this right but it is one of those "easy when you know how" jobs.
I am talking Big Photoshop here but this hasn't changed for years now so I guess Elements will be the same.
1) In the menu, go to 'Image' then select 'Canvas size'.
2) In the box that appears, tick 'Relative' and select 'Pixels' in the boxes to the right of the Width & Height numbers.
3) In the 'Anchor' section, make sure the CENTER square is shaded and surrounded by eight arrows.
4) Select the canvas extension colour from the drop down list or click the coloured box to set another colour.
Steps 2, 3, & 4 will stay put and not need to be changed again next time (but you will probably want to change step 4)
Now when you change the numbers in the 'Width' and 'Height' boxes the Height and Width will be adjusted accordingly with the picture EXACLY at the mid point of the new canvas size.
Keep these numbers even (e.g. 22, 24, 26, so it can split the center if you want it precise, especially on thin borders).
It is usually best to keep these 2 numbers the same as each other but you can play as much as you want.
You can add as many different borders as you like, varying colours and thickness each time. Each new border will go outside the previous one.
If you don't like it you can always "Undo" or "Step Back" then try again. ;)
I am talking Big Photoshop here but this hasn't changed for years now so I guess Elements will be the same.
1) In the menu, go to 'Image' then select 'Canvas size'.
2) In the box that appears, tick 'Relative' and select 'Pixels' in the boxes to the right of the Width & Height numbers.
3) In the 'Anchor' section, make sure the CENTER square is shaded and surrounded by eight arrows.
4) Select the canvas extension colour from the drop down list or click the coloured box to set another colour.
Steps 2, 3, & 4 will stay put and not need to be changed again next time (but you will probably want to change step 4)
Now when you change the numbers in the 'Width' and 'Height' boxes the Height and Width will be adjusted accordingly with the picture EXACLY at the mid point of the new canvas size.
Keep these numbers even (e.g. 22, 24, 26, so it can split the center if you want it precise, especially on thin borders).
It is usually best to keep these 2 numbers the same as each other but you can play as much as you want.
You can add as many different borders as you like, varying colours and thickness each time. Each new border will go outside the previous one.
If you don't like it you can always "Undo" or "Step Back" then try again. ;)