Re: Set Selection Borders issue

JoeB wrote:

>>>
> 
> 
> The attached script (which is a modification of the one I originally 
> made) will allow you to chose the pixel size you wish to border an image 
> with, expand the image canvas by that pixel size while centering the 
> image, place the border selection on a separate layer at the top of your 
> present layer stack, allow you to choose a color for the border, and 
> automatically fill the border with that color.
> 
> Because it is a colored border with transparency inside it, you can use 
> the 3D effects like Inner Bevel without it being selected, so the 
> selection around the border is removed once the script is run.
> 
> As an example of one final effect that can be achieved, I'm attaching a 
> moon image that was originally just the moon in a square black sky.  I 
> ran the script and entered 20 pixels for border width.  When the script 
> asked me to choose the border color from the material palette I sampled 
> a brownish/goldish color from the moon for the color, clicked OK, and 
> ths script finished with a fairly icky brownish rectangular border.  I 
> then went to Effects>Inner Bevel and applied a bevel effect, and the 
> attached is the result.
> 
> Hope it does what you want.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> JoeB
> 
> 

Absolutely, thanks so much. I tried yesterday with increasing the canvas 
size, then using the magic wand to select the transparent area, but that 
only works on a filled layer like the background layer if it is already 
colored. The other layers had large transparent areas already and the 
magic wand did not work.

Samantha <samantha@noreply.com> wrote in news:47c6c70a$1_2@cnews:

> 
> JoeB wrote:
..
>> 
>> Hope it does what you want.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> JoeB
>> 
>> 
> 
> Absolutely, thanks so much. I tried yesterday with increasing the
> canvas size, then using the magic wand to select the transparent area,
> but that only works on a filled layer like the background layer if it
> is already colored. The other layers had large transparent areas
> already and the magic wand did not work.

Glad it works for you!

Regards,

JoeB 

Samantha wrote:
> 
> JoeB wrote:
> 
> >>>
> >
> >
> > The attached script (which is a modification of the one I originally
> > made) will allow you to chose the pixel size you wish to border an
image
> > with, expand the image canvas by that pixel size while centering the
> > image, place the border selection on a separate layer at the top of
your
> > present layer stack, allow you to choose a color for the border, and
> > automatically fill the border with that color.
> >
> > Because it is a colored border with transparency inside it, you can
use
> > the 3D effects like Inner Bevel without it being selected, so the
> > selection around the border is removed once the script is run.
> >
> > As an example of one final effect that can be achieved, I'm attaching
a
> > moon image that was originally just the moon in a square black sky. 
I
> > ran the script and entered 20 pixels for border width.  When the
script
> > asked me to choose the border color from the material palette I
sampled
> > a brownish/goldish color from the moon for the color, clicked OK, and
> > ths script finished with a fairly icky brownish rectangular border. 
I
> > then went to Effects>Inner Bevel and applied a bevel effect, and
the
> > attached is the result.
> >
> > Hope it does what you want.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > JoeB
> >
> >
> 
> Absolutely, thanks so much. I tried yesterday with increasing the canvas
> size, then using the magic wand to select the transparent area, but that
> only works on a filled layer like the background layer if it is already
> colored. The other layers had large transparent areas already and the
> magic wand did not work.

It's very unlikely that the Magic Wand "did not work"; more
likely it worked in a way different from the one for which
you hoped. I'm not quite sure what you are trying to do so
the problem could instead be that you tried the wrong match
mode or clicked the tool in the wrong place.

If you want to end up with a selection of the border created
by enlarging the canvas just do this. First, before the Canvas
Size command, do a Selections > Select All on the image. Next
increase the canvas size. Finally do Selections > Invert and
you will have a selection of the added region, which I think
is what you want.

Samantha <samantha@noreply.com> wrote in news:47c6c70a$1_2@cnews:

>  I tried yesterday with increasing the canvas 
> size, then using the magic wand to select the transparent area, but that 
> only works on a filled layer like the background layer if it is already 
> colored. The other layers had large transparent areas already and the 
> magic wand did not work.
> 

I suspect what happened is that you added a certain number of pixels with 
the Canvas Resize command, and you could see the resultant transparency of 
the border behind the largest image on the canvas.  The magic wand, 
however, would have selected the transparent areas of whatever layer 
happened to be selected in the layer panel, and that likely was not the 
layer containing the largest image, so that would give a result you didn't 
expect.  That's why doing it in a manner that provides a border selection 
promoted to a layer placed at the top of your layer stack is a little more 
foolproof, because that promoted selection layer will automatically be 
selected in the layers palette and you can then fill it with your material 
of choice.

Regards,

JoeB

JoeB wrote:
> Samantha <samantha@noreply.com> wrote in news:47c6c70a$1_2@cnews:
> 
> 
>> I tried yesterday with increasing the canvas 
>>size, then using the magic wand to select the transparent area, but that

>>only works on a filled layer like the background layer if it is already

>>colored. The other layers had large transparent areas already and the 
>>magic wand did not work.
>>
> 
> 
> I suspect what happened is that you added a certain number of pixels with 
> the Canvas Resize command, and you could see the resultant transparency of

> the border behind the largest image on the canvas.  The magic wand, 
> however, would have selected the transparent areas of whatever layer 
> happened to be selected in the layer panel, and that likely was not the 
> layer containing the largest image, so that would give a result you didn't

> expect.  That's why doing it in a manner that provides a border selection 
> promoted to a layer placed at the top of your layer stack is a little more

> foolproof, because that promoted selection layer will automatically be 
> selected in the layers palette and you can then fill it with your material

> of choice.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> JoeB
> 


Right, I clicked on the wrong layer which selected a lot more than I 
wanted selected.