Photoshop Frames

The following are several photos that I embellished with some cool Photoshop Frames I made using some tutorials.

The first one is called Out-of-Bounds:

This one was made using several layer masks to cover and uncover different areas. It also used Gaussian Blurs to make the shadows look better and the opacity level as well as the blending mode were messed with too.

Here's the tutorial for this one:

 http://www.worth1000.com/tutorials/161043/tutorial

This next one is called a Leaves Photo Frame:

This one was made by creating a leaf-shaped brush tool and changing the blending modes. I had a little difficulty making the frame bright enough, so I went back over the colored leaf frame and repainted it by selecting and recoloring the leaves with a soft brush.

Here's the link for this one:

http://www.adobetutorialz.com/articles/845/1/Create-Leaves-Photo-Frame

And finally, the Illustration Effect:

This one was made by using a Smart Blur and setting all the settings to the highest except for the Mode which stayed normal. Next, another filter was added, the Unsharp Mask and it was complete. I think mine looks pretty blurry because the original picture was a little blurry in the first place, but it still looks cool!

Here's the link:

http://www.photoshoproadmap.com/Photoshop-blog/photo-to-illustration-effect/


If you want to look at more tutorials like the ones above, here's a link to a site with a bunch of cool effects:

 http://www.photoshopwebsite.com/photoshop-tutorials/70-cool-photo-frames-and-borders-photoshop-tutorials/

Now, here are the original pictures: