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eF f e CKt · 08-14-2005, 08:45 PM

Tutorial Name :: Dashed Borders
By :: Maggie [x Mo0]
Difficulty :: 1/10

This is one of the techniques on how to have an image with dashed borders.

Open up your Photoshop. Open a new document [File >> New]. Set the width to 1px and the height to 5px. Put the background to white. Zoom into the file and select the pencil tool. Fill 3px of the image with black. Then, open a new file with 5px width and 1px height, background white. Zoom in and fill 3px of the image with black.

Select one of the images and then go to Edit >> Define Pattern. Click okay and close that file. Then select the other and go to Edit >> Define Pattern. Click okay and close the file.

Now open up your image.

Select the Rectangular Marquee Tool [it looks like this :

] Go to your image and select a very small portion of it at the left side from the bottom up.

Now hold the Shift key. This will allow you to select more than one area. Select the right side of the image from the bottom up.

Now right click the image [without deselecting] and choose fill [or go to Edit >> Fill].

If you are doing the left and right sides of the image, select the pattern that`s 1px wide and 5px tall. If you are doing the top and bottom side of the image, you select the other pattern. Set the Opacity to 50%. Click okay.

Deselect. Now select the top and bottom just like how you selected the left and right side. Then fill with the other pattern.

Then you`re done.

My finished product:

In the future, you can use longer strokes for the dashed patterns.

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jensterr · 08-21-2005, 02:54 AM

is it possible to make bigger dashes?

standing ovation^P · 08-22-2005, 03:46 AM

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Originally posted by jensterr@Aug 20, 06:54 PM
is it possible to make bigger dashes?

yes it is. The regular dashed borders are actually 8x1 or 1x8. you can choose whatever width you want as the pattern. I just used 5x1 & 1x5 because I like smaller dashes.

KYLE LAMHEAD^P · 08-23-2005, 05:30 AM

theres a much easier way to do this but this will work,

you can make a new layer, create a stroke, than open your styles layer and go to the dashe's

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standing ovation^P · 09-10-2005, 12:26 AM

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Originally posted by Rawr™@Aug 22, 09:30 PM
theres a much easier way to do this but this will work,

you can make a new layer, create a stroke, than open your styles layer and go to the dashe's .

hah yes I know but this is the colored way.

xenticing · 09-19-2005, 05:10 AM

out of curiosity. can you please tell me what font you used for "by: maggie from blogring.net" ?

imported_KRYXTi3 · 10-08-2005, 06:06 AM

Heylo maggie, is there anyway to make it colored besides doing the stroked -- way? i mean besides also like making a color pattern in color?

nuthinisclear · 10-24-2005, 04:33 AM

haha, yes. i would also like to kno the font u used for, "bymaggie" and if u can make the color border. could u post it? and wen u do, can u email me? gxsh1n@hotmail please and thank you

standing ovation^P · 08-12-2006, 10:52 PM

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haha, yes. i would also like to kno the font u used for, "bymaggie" and if u can make the color border. could u post it? and wen u do, can u email me? gxsh1n@hotmail please and thank you

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Pixies.

I found out there's a much easier way to do this, so I'll update this soon =)