I used adobe photoshop 6 for this, but it will work in higher versions.
1. Make a new document, 500 by 400 with a white background
2. Make a new layer (ctrl+shift+i)
3. Take the rectangular marquee tool and make a thin rectangle going vertical
4. Take the gradient tool, and put the settings to this
you can change the color to whatever color you want
5. Make a gradient in the marquee
6. Deselect, and then right click on layer 1 and go to blending options
go to stroke and change the color to black (#000000) and change the pixels from 3 pixels to 1 pixel, outside
and there you are, you can use it for anything you want
I made it into a frame and put a picture of my dog in it
you can use it for anything you want
hope you enjoy
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