Welcome to Chaotic Serenade, a personal blog and graphics/resources site run by myself, Aurora. Opened September 7th, 2009, CS.net offers a variety of graphics and resources for it's visitors such as layouts, PNGs, tutorials, and more.
AUGUST 2nd
  • new layout
  • 2 banners

    • Faded Border

    1: Open up the picture you want to have the faded border. I'll be using this one:

    2: Now, go to Image>>Image Size. A pop-up will appear.

    3: Now set the document to these settings (Height and Width should be the same as the image you're using):

    4: Go to the picture you're using and drag the picture to the transparent document using the move tool (Press V on your keyboard).

    5: Now, go to the Rectangular Marquee tool (Press M on your keyboard). Make sure that the Feathering is only 10px.

    6: Focus on the main character and use the Rectangular Marquee tool to draw over it like this:

    7: Right click on your image and click on Select Inverse.

    8: Then click on the Delete button on your keyboard. Ta-da! Your picture should turn out like this:

    If you have any questions, just post!