Photoshop Workshop 2 - Adding A Border & Changing The Background Colour

To add a border to your images you will first need to select the 'Edit' option and then select 'Stroke':

After selecting stroke, you will be presented with a box where you can choose how thick or thin you want your border to be and even the colour as shown below:

It is advised that you use Black, White or a shade of Grey for your border. This will be determined by the background colour and your chosen image. If there is a lot of white in your image, to make it stand out you will want the border to be black on a white background. On the other hand, if your image is dark or has a lot of black in it you will want a white border with a black background.

To change your background colour you will need to select the 'Fill' tool and choose the colour you want your back ground to be:

After clicking 'OK' all you need to do is click on the background to change it as shown below: