It looks like that was done in the darkroom, not in the software. BUT, if you want to fake it in Photoshop, all you really need to do is to scan the entire negative (that's what the numbers and triangles are from), and then feather the edges...
Can't you crop out the photo, save the border with a transparent center, and use it as a mask for other photos? It's probably what the photographer did. Creating something like that by hand is near impossable.
Stroszek and Ebby are correct. The original derivative of the border was created for the traditional darkroom printing. Quite easy, actually. Whether as 35mm, 6x6 or 6x7 and etc., all you have to do is to file the edges of the negative carrier (holder). That is why you see the triangle and numbers. Nornally, the negative carrier crops the negative edge information out. The triangle are the frame markers and the numbers that follow are the frame numbers for ID. The more rough metal file you use, greater the "etched edge" effect you get. Because it is very pleasing, third party plug-in have been made to mimic the effect.
If you are having problems with the plug-ins due to incompatibility of OS X, then you can easily crop into the image. Since your sample image is all black, along with black bordering before the final etched edge effect, it is easy to marquee actual photo image, then crop, then save your remaining, which is the outer border and save as a layer for all your horrible images so that it looks a little better.
Take your photo......from menu use select. Under that menu choose all. Then in the same menu select to modify/border. Choose like 20 pixel or so to start. It should make a border around your photo. Then choose to clear...make sure your choice of colors is white.
It should be close to what you are looking for. With it still selected you could even blur the edge some if you want.
Why, thank you Defiant. Would you believe I have it already up and running on my comp? The gesture is very sweet, as it the link, because, well, I can click it.
Hey der Kopf I already have a photoshop frame of a 5x4" photo surround. I could do a hi-res scan of any format you like. Would you like me to email it to you?
Oops! was a cmyk image have changed to greyscale and is now only 300k approx. Here it is: <a href="http://www.paragraphics.co.uk/~sonny/images/5x4.sit"; target="_blank">Image copyright Sonny B aka Crustibooga</a>
<strong>Why, thank you Defiant. Would you believe I have it already up and running on my comp? The gesture is very sweet, as it the link, because, well, I can click it.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Nobody said carracho [especially not me]. I would say free trial, during the which I have actually found out that the application is not what I want after all. Well, the search continues.
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I just think there must be some applications or some kind of filter that adds these borders to your picture.
Also, I ain't scanning, for I am taking the pics on which I want to perform this surgery digitally.
So... anybody?
Anybody else?
<strong>Might. Yet I think there is some easier way. There must be.
Anybody else?</strong><hr></blockquote>
You can buy filters for use in Photoshop that will give you many different edge treatments.
Unless you want to spend the money, it's really not that hard to make an Alpha mask from this one and use it on other photos.
<strong><a href="http://www.extensis.com/photoframe/25g.html"; target="_blank">http://www.extensis.com/photoframe/25g.html</a></strong><hr></blockquote>;
That's the thing I wanted. Thank you, you are truly (un)remarkable!
The software appears to be a little... dated.
If you are having problems with the plug-ins due to incompatibility of OS X, then you can easily crop into the image. Since your sample image is all black, along with black bordering before the final etched edge effect, it is easy to marquee actual photo image, then crop, then save your remaining, which is the outer border and save as a layer for all your horrible images so that it looks a little better.
[ 11-30-2002: Message edited by: kwondo ]</p>
It should be close to what you are looking for. With it still selected you could even blur the edge some if you want.
<a href="http://www.extensis.com/photoframe/"; target="_blank">http://www.extensis.com/photoframe/</a>;
<strong>Why, thank you Defiant. Would you believe I have it already up and running on my comp? The gesture is very sweet, as it the link, because, well, I can click it.</strong><hr></blockquote>
you're welcome. did someone say carracho ?
[ 12-11-2002: Message edited by: Defiant ]</p>
I was just asking. I did not know that there was a free trial... <img src="graemlins/embarrassed.gif" border="0" alt="[Embarrassed]" />