adding a border to a photo in photoshop 7 1

[dklass]

I have a photo that I want to print borderless but the printer I am using adds its own border and crops the edgees of the photo. If I were to add my own border in photoshop to the photo I could at least preserve the original edge of the photo. How can i add a border to the photo? Thanks for the help.

 

[kiddpete]

I don't understand. If the printer adds a border, won't you end up with two borders? Perhaps it will work if you resized the photo to fit within the printer's border.

What printer is this?

 

[dklass]

The printer is HP4215. The driver seems to add a border for a full sheet print and in doing this crops my picture in a way that i do not want. If I add my own border I can control the amount of the crop and then with matting of this photo I can create a borderless print which is what I want. I did find the way to do this. Thanks for the help.

 

[jimmythegeek]

1) Create a new layer above your image layer and make sure the new layer is selected.
2) Select all (ctrl + a)
3) On the menu go to Select > Modify > Border, and specify how many pixels wide you want it (this may take a couple tries to get it the size you want as it depends on the size of your image and your ppi).
4) Make the forecolor the color you want your border to be
5) Fill your border (alt + backspace).
6) Deselect (ctrl + D)

I you want it to blend, you can do a Select > Feather after you modify border. I like to feather about half of my border size.

Jim Lunde
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