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This lesson demonstrates how to create a Georgian window frame effect. You will find the start images Here. Unzip the file, and open the images onto Photoshop’s workspace, ready to work with.
Georgian is a UK time period that lasted between the years 1714 - 1820.
Undo and Navigation Steps
Two ways of undoing steps are from the top menu, Edit then Step Backwards. Alternatively, click a previous snapshot in the History Palette.
Navigate (zoom in and pan) your image using the Navigator Palette,
or the Zoom Tool. 
Alternatively, activate The Hand Tool by tapping the Spacebar, keeping the Spacebar pressed, pan your image in the usual way. 
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Your workspace will have the Georgian frame template and your choice of photograph open. The photograph I am working with is Tynemouth by Peter Scarth.
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Now, activate the Move Tool. 
Then activate the frame template, and drag it onto the photograph.
 
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Working on the frame layer; from the top menu, choose Edit then choose Free Transform, and resize the frame so it fits the photograph.
 
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Now, press Ctrl then i. This inverts the black and white colours of the frame.
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Activate the Magic Wand Tool. 
Then left-click inside the white frame to surround it with a selection marquee.
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Now, from the Layers palette, change the Georgian frame’s Blend Mode (Layer 1), from Normal to Screen, the photograph then becomes visible through the white frame.
 
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From the top menu, choose Layer then choose Flatten Image.
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Now, double-left-click the background Layer, then reply OK to the subsequent New Layer dialogue box. This removes the layer’s padlock - making it editable.
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Now, press your keyboard’s Delete key. Then press Ctrl then D to remove the
marquee. Your Georgian frame effect is complete, and ready for a drop shadow.
 
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Click the Add a layer style (f - fx) icon at the foot of the Layers palette, and choose Drop Shadow from the drop-down list. I set the following attributes; however, experiment with the settings.
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From the top menu, choose Layer then choose New Fill Layer, and fill the layer with a Solid Colour, Gradient or Pattern of your choice - tutorial.
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Now, drag the Fill layer to below the photograph layer, then from the top menu, choose Layer then choose Flatten Image, then link here to save your work.
Wendi E M Scarth. Top of Page - Home.
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