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This tutorial demonstrates how to create Instamatic frames using the marquee tool. Once you have created the frame - and filled it with a fill of your choice - you can then resample photographs to fit inside it.
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. 
Activate The Hand Tool by tapping the Spacebar, keeping the Spacebar pressed, pan your image in the usual way. 
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Open a New document, and set the following attributes. If you are printing your work, set a Resolution of 300 pixels/inch.
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Then activate the Rectangular Marquee Tool.
And set the following (Subtract from Selection) attributes.
Your aim is to drag a rectangular marquee onto the canvas, then drag a second (smaller) rectangular marquee inside it. Therefore, begin at the top left of the canvas and drag your marquee. You will notice I have positioned the crossed hair three squares down and three squares inwards.
Now carefully drag a rectangular shaped marquee retaining the three squares in circumference - this is not difficult, however, beginners may need to practise a little - (use the chessboard background as a guide). If you make an error, from the top menu, choose Edit then choose Step Backwards, and apply the marquee again. After you have positioned the marquee, it will resemble the following.
Moving the selection
Although not needed for this lesson, this may be helpful in the future. To reposition the complete marquee - ensure New Selection is active.
Then left-click inside the selection, and drag it to another area.
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Now, because Subtract from selection tab has been activated (Chapter 2), we can apply a second (smaller) rectangular marquee inside the larger marquee. Therefore, carefully drag out the second marquee.
This time three square inwards to the left-side, upper, and right-side - to create an Instamatic frame, this time, the lower rectangular marquee needs to be approximately 22 squares inwards - once your second marquee has been applied, the image will resemble the following.
Note
At this stage you can create a 2.25 frame - or any frame you like - simply by positioning the second (smaller) marquee, to achieve your desired effect.
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The hard work is complete and it is time for the fun - however, because most effects and plugins are not compatible with transparent backgrounds, you need to flood fill the transparent Instamatic frame first - therefore, set the Foreground Colour to White - or choose a colour you prefer.
Then activate the Paint Bucket Tool. 
Now, left-click inside the transparent frame, to fill it white.
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Now, depending on your collection of plugins, you can fill the (white) frame with any effect you like - I am applying a Photoshop filter - therefore, from the top menu, choose, Filter then choose Texture then choose Craquelure with the following attributes - or experiment with the Spacing, Depth and Brightness.
Click OK and your frame will change to the following.
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To apply a drop shadow, click the following Add a layer style (f, fx) icon - found at the bottom of the Layers palette. And choose Drop Shadow from the pop-up list.
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Your Instamatic frame is complete; link Here to learn how to apply an image inside the frame.
Final Notes
Naturally, fill your frame with a filter, gradient, pattern or colour you prefer. I applied Eyecandy 5 (Impact) filters and a Photoshop gradient to my alternative frames - however, experiment with your filters and find a look you like. For my triple frame, (at the top of this lesson), I created one frame, then from the Layers palette, I duplicated the layer. I then activated the copies (individually) and utilised the Free Transform Tool to rotate them.
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