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Make a photo look like
A GALLERY PRINT Gallery prints often have the name of the gallery set in a serif-styled font in all capital letters. Type a gallery name and click Window and then Character to open the Character panel. Use the tracking options to increase the space between the letters for a more realistic look. You can also type your name, your studio, or even the name of the image in the open area below the photo. Select a script font to sign your work under the outside stroke and add a print number to complete the gallery print look.
By placing the strokes on separate layers, you can adjust the opacity of each stroke individually and change the look of the gallery print. You Ă”+click (Ctrl+click) the photo layer to have an active selection the exact size of the photo. You add a new empty layer above the photo layer and, with the selection active, apply a stroke on the new layer. The stroke makes the photo stand out. With the selection still active, you make the selected area slightly wider and higher, add another empty layer, and then apply a stroke on the second empty layer.
The Stroke dialog box appears.
* Type 2 px in the Width data
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field. Note: Leave the default color as black and the location set to Center.
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( Click OK. A thin, black stroke is applied to the image on the top layer.
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) Click Select. q Click Transform Selection.
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l Anchor points are added to the selection.
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w Type 103.0% in the W data field w
and 104.0% in the H data field.
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e Click the commit button to commit the transformation.
r Click the New Layer button. t Repeat steps 16 to 19 to add a black stroke outside the border of the photo on the new layer.
y Press Ă”+D (Ctrl+D) to deselect the border.
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