Tech Border

Written on June 7, 2007 by admin

This tutorials learn about how to make tech border. Tech border is useful for bordering the siggy.

Open your Photoshop
Create a new document, I use 400×200, then the background color is black.

Click the POLYGON LASSO TOOL in your tools.

Create a creative design for your border. You may want to hold the “shift” button in your keyboard to create a perfect straight and diagonal line.

Inverse it by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+i on your keyboard. Your design should now be like this:

Make a new layer. Layer>New layer and let’s work on to that layer..

Get your PAINT BUCKET TOOL or simply press G on your keyboard and fill your border with your desired color.Ii used white for this tutorial.

Click the ADD A LAYER STYLE in your LAYER PALLETE:.

Apply these following settings:

Note: you only have to edit the opacity

Drop Shadow: Default or the 75%
Inner Shaddow: 50%
Outer Glow: 10%
Inner Glow: 30%
Bevel and Emboss: Default
Satin: You can play with the opacity.. it’s up to your desire..
Stroke: (You only have to edit the size and the color.) I used white for the color and use size 1

The result will be:

That’s all, now you can integrate this border with your siggy.

Posted in Photoshop Tutorials
Tags: border, paint bucket, Photoshop Tutorials, Polygonal Lasso Tool