Full Frame Photos

tommyb · Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 6:45 pm Post subject: Full Frame Photos

I am using Photoshop Elements 6.0. I've shot an image which is horizontal, and am an trying to get the image to be full frame (square). I need to have the entire image shown so I know this needs to have a border on the top and bottom of the image. My image background is black so the border needs to be black to blend in; similar to a letter box format on a Cinemascope ratio move. Can someone please help me understand how I can get this border so that I can make a rectangular image look square? Ultimately this image will be posted to a website that requires only square images.

mattyboy777 · Moderator

Hey there,

ALT click the background layer to turn it into a standard layer (skip this step if you don't have a background layer in the layers palette).

Go to Image -> Resize -> Canvas Size and change one of the measurements to match the other.

Now click the adjustment layer icon in the layers palette (underneath the word 'normal') and choose Solid Colour. Go ahead and select the colour that matches your website's background colour.

Now drag the adjustment layer beneath the image layer (layer 0?) in the layers palette.

Hope this helps