From the course: Photoshop 2021 Essential Training: Photography
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Adding a keyline around an image - Photoshop Tutorial
From the course: Photoshop 2021 Essential Training: Photography
Adding a keyline around an image
- [Instructor] I'm often asked how to add a simple keyline around the edge or near the edge of an image, and I think the most flexible way to do this would be to use the rectangle shape tool. But first I need to know where I'm going to draw it. So on the Properties panel under Ruler and Guides, I'm going to set my units of measurement to pixels. And then under the View menu, I'll choose New Guide Layout. I'll set the top, left, bottom, and right margins to 60 pixels and then tap the U key to select the rectangle tool. In the Options bar, I'm going to click on the Fill and make sure that it's set to none, and then I'll click on the Stroke, select black for my stroke color, and set it to 20 pixels. Then I can just drag out my rectangle using those guides, and I have my keyline. It's rather thick, but I want to make sure that we can see it in the video. One of the advantages of using the rectangle shape tool is I can then…
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