November 2007 Newsletter!
Hello RAW shooters.
Many of you will have noticed we’ve improved our upload and download speed, so you can use our online services a bit faster. We’ll keep working on it until it’s up to optimum speed. Thank you for your patience!
New function in the web site
If you would like to give our services a trial run, no problem! Simply use the Trial Run page of our web site to upload a single image that you would like us to edit and we will email the finished image back to you to see the difference. If you like what you see, then you can return and open an account and send us as many images as you like through our upload system.
Do you have suggestions or questions? If you have ideas or topics you’d like us to cover, we’d love to hear about them – we’re here to help you in any way we can.
In the meantime we hope you enjoy the fun tips and practical topics every month in our
complimentary E-newsletters.
Omnilargess Services Team
How can I add a simple border to my images using Photoshop Action?
By using the Action in Photoshop you can create a smoother work flow and save time.
Here is an example of how to create a very useful action.
- Open an image in Photoshop (you need Photoshop CS or newer).
2- Go to Action tab and select Create new action.
3- In the new action window choose a name for your new action. For this example I called it black border.
4- Click on the Record button and the actions you select will be recorded.
5- Go to Image and select Canvas size...
6- Change the value of Width and Height from the drop down window from pixel to inches.
7- Choose the size of your border. In this example I selected 0.5 for the width and the height. You can also select different sizes for the horizontal and vertical sides.
8- Click the box for Relative to select it.
9- Choose your color from the drop down window of Canvas extension color. You can select white, black, gray or others. Select other to pick a color that best matches your photograph..
10- Press OK and your border is done!
11- Go to Action tab again and click on stop button.
This simple example demonstrates how to set up a work flow using the Action feature in Photoshop. Now that you have an action for your customized border, you can add a border to other images by opening the photos in Photoshop and click on play button. Action will do the job for you in no time!
Do you miss your Infra red images? Next month I am going to show you how to create an infra red filter in Photoshop.
In the meantime, get creative with custom borders and practice time saving techniques by learning to use the Action feature.
Happy RAW shooting.
Ted and the Omnilargess Services Team
(604)217-6988
info@rawdigitalimageediting.com
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