How to create borders & using actions in photoshop. Quick tutorial

In this video i explain how i create the white borders around my images, also how i create an 'action' in photoshop to apply the border to multiple images.
After being asked by several of you guys who watch my videos how i add my borders i thought id get straight on it and show you..
Just a short vid but i hope it helps...
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[@Jess_Bishop]

I love creators that still put out content that may look too “basic” but in reality there are a lot of us who don’t use these programs so often and therefore don’t know these tricks. Thank you for this video! It helped me a lot! I was creating masks and layers and whatnot.. I knew there had to be a more simple way to get this done!

[@thatcheralejandro8395]

you all probably dont give a damn but does any of you know of a way to get back into an instagram account..? I somehow forgot the account password. I would appreciate any help you can give me.

[@dianeschuller]

this is one of the most direct, to-the-point, and easy to follow videos. Very well done and so useful -- thank you.

[@keithsandercock1412]

I have been using the same method as you to ad white borders, however I prefer to ad a very fine black border first (by same method) because I want to limit what I would call "run on". For example, with the abstract photo in your video, that sort of looks like sun rays. I would not want the white 'rays' to just run off into your white border. Putting a black border around the image clearly defines it. For my use I have set up two actions: Shift + F4, for black border; Shift + F4 for white border.

[@bmariemelton682]

Thank you for your fantastic tutorial! I learned a lot, only because you took the time to post it. I hope to see more and more tutorials, just so we can all learn and grow our creative Photoshop skills! Thank you Gareth!

[@ponymoore6140]

Very good, clear and easy to follow instructions - thank you Gareth

[@maximerica]

That was so useful and time saving !! Thank you very much Gareth

[@trevorfinnis9111]

Thanks Gareth i was actually sat here trying to get a border and you nailed it for me

[@mehdichouikha2236]

Thank you so much ! You are a genius ! And you saved from a lot more frustration, as I ve been trying to do this for a day.

[@MartinMcNicholls]

Great video once again! Thanks for posting.

[@robbiebarnes]

Thanks for the great tips Gareth! Saved me a lot of time, I'm still very new to PS but I will definitely be using these actions a lot more! Hope you're well!

[@philmorgan4511]

Easy when you know how!! Thanks for the simple explanation 🙏🙏

[@saulmirandaaliaga]

Awesome video, thank you very much, Gareth!!!

[@JohnChubbSr]

Thanks, Gareth. This is very helpful!!!

[@kevangogh]

Super helpful video, thank you for making it!

[@GlenDomulevicz]

I always added borders manually. For some reason I never considered using an action, until now. Thanks for sharing. I will use this.

[@ramblersnook]

Very useful video. Thanks a ton, Gareth!

[@granmatalk5575]

Oh i'm so glad i came across this video. I'm newbie with PShop and have been adding white borders to my images one by one. Adding this action has definitely made the process a lot easier. Thank you very much :)

[@GarethDanks]

Thanks heidi. Forgot to say. Use a % for the border size not px. 👍🏻😊

[@Randrob2203]

If you use inches rather then a Percentage you will get a boarder the same width on all sides (when you use percentage it gives you smaller boarders on top and bottom if its a rectangular image)

[@hazeieris4478]

Thanks for that tip! :D

[@DavidMcClellandPhotography]

Gareth you're a genius. Good man! I was looking to see if there was a way to bath this process today and was delighted to see that your video was the one that came up. Hope you're keeping well!

[@craigfeltham3318]

Great stuff, Gareth. Thanks, really helpful. Can’t wait to hear another Photo Nerds podcast soon 👍

[@GarethDanks]

Cheers Craig yes I miss the photo nerds too

[@FIRTICH.]

Thank you, brother. Awesome photographs, by the way! Wish you all the best!

[@michaelschmitt5413]

This is a very useful tutorial. I'm going to set this up. One thing I noticed, is that if the image isn't square, the % adjustment needs to be larger for the width (e.g. an 8x10 ratio needs to have 20% and 25%, if you want the borders to be equal. Although, I just read Randall Robert suggestion, which doesn't require doing math.

[@josezavala2679]

Very helpful, thanks

[@JimSollows]

Very helpful, thank you!!

[@sisekelokhuzwayo384]

Thank you so much Gareth. This was a simple process to learn and apply 😊

[@GarethDanks]

Cheers mate.

[@davegfx6395]

Thanks very much, great tip, I have my first action saved :) Excellent video as always.

[@Ureyeuh]

This video is giving such pleasure. Holy shitt the actions and image processing bits are so insanely great for batch work. 10/10 content, massively easy to follow. Subscribed.

[@ggstylz]

Excellent thanks!

[@ponymoore6140]

Tried it...perfect! Thank you Gareth

[@GarethDanks]

Great to hear! thanks for the comment :-)

[@ZarzoHd]

Thank you this helped me so much

[@irenerobertsonishotimages5712]

Thanks for the video straightforward and succinct definitely sets off your images. I wouldn’t mind seeing your print process and paper choices in the same succinct manner.

[@GarethDanks]

Thank you Irene. That’s nice of you. I need to do some printing actually 👍🏻😊

[@TimGanderPhotographer]

Thanks for this Gareth! I used to do this in Photoshop 4 (!!) and though I pretty much only use Lightroom now, suddenly finding I needed to add a border and stroke line to 70+ images, I'd forgotten how to create an Action. So thank you!

[@dinsiep]

Very useful video and great, clear presentation. Many thanks.

[@GarethDanks]

Glad it was helpful!

[@nigelthomas6813]

Great help there Gareth, thank you 👍

[@GarethDanks]

Hey Nigel mate thanks for watching appreciate the feedback

[@timscanlanphotography]

Hi Gareth. A well presented, easy to follow explanation of this process. I use inches for my frames because I like to use different sizes, but I'll give percentage a try next time Many thanks for sharing.

[@GarethDanks]

Hey man thanks for watching appreciate the comment 2 inches would work perfectly if you knew the size of the image you were working with every time.Sometimes if I’m applying it to a multiple of images different sizes I find the percentage works better because it’s all relative

[@simonwalter7142]

Cheers Gareth. V clearly explained and useful

[@GarethDanks]

Thank you Simon 👍🏻😊

[@vproven]

Thank you, my friend.

[@antonoat]

Since lock-down I've created my misses an "action" for the housework then we can adjust the opacity for how tidy we want the house, lol. Gotta love PS , cheers Gareth.

[@GarethDanks]

Ha ha there’s no way I’d get away with that joke hope you’re well buddy

[@Stratton218]

So helpful thank you man

[@GarethDanks]

Welcome mate 👍🏻

[@blindeyezphotography]

Amazing

[@keithpearmine8773]

As David said other vids. look so complicated but you seem to make it look so easy

[@JoseRamirez-cd7ge]

Thank you Gareth, I was one of the number.

[@GarethDanks]

Ha ha thanks mate hope you enjoyed the video

[@Monochromephotos]

Wow So Super Episode. Everything Briefly Detail ❤❤❤❤

[@GarethDanks]

Thanks for watching buddy really appreciate it

[@davidwalker2402]

Thanks Gareth, I’ve watched a few of these tutorials, all of them so much more complicated than yours “cheers” stay safe....

[@GarethDanks]

Hey david thanks so much. Was worried I was going too fast 👍🏻😊

[@Shep2345]

Great tutorial as usual. 1 question tho. When printing images with these borders Will the actually image stay the original size, or will that essentially be smaller now the border is added?

[@diannerobbins3498]

Thanks for the video, just what I needed. Question: when you make the boarder can u put writing on it too? I have images from NYC and San Fran that I want to write the year and location on thanks again. 😊

[@brunorasga7005]

Thank you!

[@GarethDanks]

You're welcome!

[@hichamlaktib667]

Thanx a lot

[@JB-us5bv]

Its those simple things (photoshop hacks) in life that save us creators time

[@raymondbaddeley6467]

Brilliant! Just like being shown something by one of your mates.

[@iainmc9859]

Great little tutorial. The only thing I would say is that traditional prints have an equal sized border all of the way round. If you use percentages it will be easier for batch processing (actions) as the dimensions are irrelevant but the more obviously rectangular the photo is the more a percentage rather than a measurement (inches/cm) emphasises this. That's what maths is there for, it'll bugger you up if you don't keep an eye on it :-) Randall Roberts spotted the same issue.

[@ziscoskapunk]

Gracias!!!

[@GarethDanks]

welcome :-)

[@PrinzGreg]

Thank you very much for this helpful tutorial. I have the problem that when an image is cropped and I add the canvas that the initial image without the crop appears in it. Do you know how I can fix this?

[@machonacho2197]

great video! how do you shift the photo to one side of the canvas or the other if you don't want them to be even for your insta feed? thanks

[@bennybulke]

Hey gareth, nice easy way of doing that! But when printed, and put in frame with glass the print eventually stick to the glas dont they? Cheers

[@andersphansson8335]

Great video! Any video with signature ?

[@ikicaq]

How do you maintain the aspect ratio after adding borders?

[@whitehorseflyer]

This is so useful. I have an A4 folder formprints and my last one which i asked for a white border on wouldn't fit into the sleeve doh. I assume there's a method of telling the file to be A4 size including the border? Thanks.

[@Allotmentwithpaul]

Just watched your video you made it looks much easier than other KZbinrs, I’ll be trying it out soon ps can you add a signature within the boarder ??? Thanks

[@sluwe100]

Hi Gareth, if my actions do not show up anymore as complete as they were can I reinstall photoshop 2021 again without losing other settings like brushes etc.? Is that possible? I have a ps account from Adobe.

[@backyardjunkie]

Thanks Gareth, just what I needed, however on my 'Canvas Size' tab, at the bottom where it says Canvas size colour, mine is greyed out and I cant operate the dropdown menu to choose white for my border... Searched the web but can't get a fix, would you know what needs to be done to activate this. Cheers Gareth.

[@GarethDanks]

Email me a screen shot. [e-mail]

[@cukcan]

what if we have a scanned file which includes 2 images and we want to add borders for each of these 2 images. how can we do it? Thank you

[@REALTRUESKILLS]

Nice video I usually edit all images on my mobile or tablet and currently using Snapseed for borders.

[@GarethDanks]

Never tried snapseed. Must give it a go

[@REALTRUESKILLS]

I highly recommend it as It's actually very good and completely free

[@GarethDanks]

Yes I hear it is but I really don’t get on well with editing anything on my phone or iPad just me lots of people prefer it 👍🏻😊

[@REALTRUESKILLS]

I'm sure you will do well in time as you seem like the kinda guy who does not give up easily 😎

[@GarethDanks]

Haha I’m persistent yes 😂

[@Karlinski73]

Ah, this looks easy. Something for me to try. Before I do, though, does Lightroom not do anything similar? (I'm assuming it doesn't....)

[@GarethDanks]

Hey man thanks for watching no sadly and very annoyingly no light room doesn’t do it don’t know why

[@SoulSurvivors86]

which version of photoshop should i buy for this? all i want to do is add borders to my images

[@KentFleshman]

So, no need to make an input on canvas size because it works on percentage?

[@GarethDanks]

It could work on percentage or however you like mate very easy

[@richardmoult9781]

Cheers Gareth that works well , don't use Photoshop much can this be done easily li lightroom ?

[@GarethDanks]

not that i know of mate.. as stupid as that sounds!

[@richardmoult9781]

@@GarethDanksPhotoshop it is then !

[@nataliejames4030]

Thank you for a great video. I hope you're still replying to comments. Could you please explain how to along with the border add a logo into the border. I have school photos that need a school logo and date on each photo, im looking for an easy way to do this in batch. thank you

[@GarethDanks]

Hi Natalie thanks for watching. If you add the logo to your library, then do the same thing and create an action like we’ve done here but with opening and dropping the logo in from the library it should do the job. It’s basically creating a watermark so if it doesn’t work google creating a watermark in photoshop. Hope that helps. 😊

[@fayeyork7288]

HI Gareth Why is my colour choice disabled? something I am missing

[@ThomasRuhlandPhotography]

hi, I can't change the color of my canva. D o you know why? Thanks

[@GarethDanks]

Try pressing “D” when in the mains screen and “x” to toggle between black and white. Or click the background colour box and change to suit. 😊

[@Colin-ut4qf]

Hi Gareth How are you getting on with your Lightroom file organisation ?

[@GarethDanks]

Hey Colin good question mate I’ve done a lot of research and yes I’ve been doing it wrong but I still can’t figure how I can use multiple hard drives at once yet. Will let you know as soon as I figure it out cheers mate

[@Colin-ut4qf]

@@GarethDanks Hi Mate you may have seen this on youtube but i found it useful Phlearn how to import and organise photos in lightroom

[@GarethDanks]

Yeah I think I have mate. I’ll check tho. Thank you

[@paulcomptonpdphotography]

Been using actions for ages haha

[@GarethDanks]

Yes lots of people have but lots of people haven’t too

[@petertaranscorsese2900]

For those without Photoshop, borders can be added and sized (2 clicks) in the excellent (free) Darkroom App.

[@KentFleshman]

Darkroom app is only for iPad or iPhone, correct? I have iMac, but Android phone.

[@petertaranscorsese2900]

luv2croon - I’ve not tried it on my (Android) phone, so not sure...but on my phone I do use Snapseed (also free) and excellent too for Borders....and many other things - Peter.

[@GarethDanks]

Thanks Peter I don’t do any editing on my phone or iPad though. And people just wanted to know how I did it. Cheers for the info though

[@alejandrarosales7836]

Can't change the border color? What am I doing wrong

[@nickfanzo]

This is why I love the darkroom. This is too complicated

[@ICantUseHanguelHere]

Wherever I go I can't find the answer to my question: for digital printing, does my picture need to have a border? I ask this because I post/ advertise them with a white border and black border/ frame around it. I think some of my pictures need it but I don't know if I should only cut the black border and print them with the white border or print them with no border or a thin white border so that they can be framed by buyers. It's a confusing mess to explain maybe that's why no one says anything about it. Maybe if you view one of my pictures you'll see what I'm dealing with? @sarahlouosephotographyandart on Instagram. I am just worried that because it's advertised one way then that's what people will expect, for it to come with the white border. Also I'm worried about how to advertise the size of it, do j advertise the image size or the image size with the border so people know what frame size to get.

[@yeswap57]

Bit of a faf......use Darkroom so much easier