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This lesson demonstrates how to create a frame within an image. The photograph I am working with can be downloaded Here. Unzip the file and open it onto Photoshop’s workspace, ready to work with.
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 your start image onto Photoshop’s workspace.
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Then from the top menu, choose Layer then New then Layer - there is no need to name this layer - click OK. Now, ensure you are working on Layer 1.
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Set the Foreground colour White by first pressing your keyboard’s D key, then pressing the X key to swap the colour swatches.
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Then from the toolbar, activate the Rectangle Tool.
And set the following attributes. Left-click to activate the tabs highlighted below.
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Now, left-click and drag out a rectangular shape, over the dolphins.
Release your mouse button, and a white rectangle will be applied to your image.
 
Tip
You can reposition the rectangle with the Move Tool.
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Now, from the toolbar, activate the Magic Wand Tool. 
And set the following attributes.
Now, left-click once inside the white rectangle, and it will be surrounded by a selection marquee.
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From the top menu, choose Select then choose Modify then choose Contract. In the subsequent Contract Selection dialogue box, enter 7 (Pixels) into the Contract By box, then click OK.
This shrinks the selection marquee, by 7 pixels.
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Now, press your keyboard’s Delete button, and the rectangle’s centre will be removed.
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Press Ctrl then D to remove the marquee.
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Still working on Layer 1, from the foot of the Layers palette, click the following Add a layer style (f - fx) icon - and from the drop-down list, click Drop Shadow.
In the subsequent Layer Style dialogue box, set the following Drop Shadow attributes - or your own choice, then click OK.
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It is time to rotate the frame. Therefore, from the top menu, choose Edit then choose Transform then choose Rotate. Hover your cursor over the image’s right-side, and when you see the following symbol. 
Left-click, then swivel the rectangle to an angled position, as illustrated below.
Then left-click inside the white rectangle, and drag it to a central position.
Click the Commit transform tick, to apply the changes. 
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From the toolbar, activate the Polygonal Lasso Tool. Lesson Here.
And set the following attributes.
Now, carefully drag and click a lasso line approximately in the centre of the white
frame. Remember, if you make a mistake, from the top menu, choose Edit then choose Step Backwards.
Note: It is important that you keep the marquee line inside the white frame.
Tip
You will find this easier if you zoom into your image; therefore, from the top menu, choose View then choose Zoom in. I zoomed in twice.
 
After you have applied the lasso line in a complete circuit, pass your cursor over the area where you began, and left-click. The lasso line will immediately change to a selection marquee.
Tip
Whist stretching the lasso, to go back a step or two, (PC users), click your keyboard’s Backspace or Delete keys.
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Now, from the top menu, choose Select then choose Inverse. The selection marquee now surrounds the outside of the image - as well as inside the white frame, as illustrated below.
Note
You have masked (protected), the area inside the rectangle. This allows you to apply filters to just the area outside the rectangle frame.
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Activate the Background layer.
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Then from the top menu, choose Filter then choose Stylise then choose Solarise. The Solarise filter will be applied to the outside area - as illustrated below.
Tip
To apply a filter to just the centre; Step Backwards to remove the Solarise filter. Then from the top menu, choose Select then choose Inverse, and apply the Solarise filter. It will now be applied to just the centre rectangle.
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Experiment with different filters and plugins, and see what can be created. Additionally, alternative to applying a rectangular frame, you could apply a Custom Shape. My creating, saving and applying Custom Shapes lesson, can be found Here!
Note
My example, at the top of this lesson, was created by applying Alien Skin Exposure’s Selenium Split Brown filter to just the inner rectangle.
When you are happy with your result, press Ctrl then D to remove the marquee, then link here to save your work.
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