Imitation is a form of flattery - JOE!

[dbphotos]

Well I've always been inspired by Joe's excellent post processing, including his eye-popping frames. I've finally taken the time to put something together. Have I done it justice?

Thanks again Joe for the inspiration!

[Joe_Lorenzini]

Looks good to me! I've always contended that images display better when put to a dark background and these show that to be true.

For anyone who wants to download the basic frame Photoshop PSD file (hor & vert), you can download the ZIP file from here:
http://www.joelorenzini.com/dp/Joes_Frames.zip

I know a lot of people are not in favor of frames, that images should stand on their own and that's cool. My thought here is that if you're going to take the time to construct/compose/capture an image that it should be presented with the same care it was captured and processed with.

Thanks David, I appreciate the fine compliment!

_/oe

PS. That last image is just so good! I took over 8,000 images in a weeks time and didn't get anything that perfect.

[dbphotos]

You mean I could have just downloaded them and not made them up myself? :-)

That's o.k. I needed the practice.

Joe, I'll bet you have something in all those images that will blow me away, but thank you for the compliment. It carries a lot of weight coming from you!

[dbphotos]

Ok, last ones.

[Wes]

Thanks, Joe! Nice looking job, David. One question for both of you.... how are you getting the colored portion of the frame to match the dominant color in the image? I tried the eye dropper tool but couldn't get it to look any good.

[dbphotos]

Make sure you are selecting the layer that is colored and then I used the eye dropper tool. I've found that on some the eye dropper tool works well and then others I use it as a starting point and then move it a little on the color grid.

[fishcat]

Originally Posted by Wes

Thanks, Joe! Nice looking job, David. One question for both of you.... how are you getting the colored portion of the frame to match the dominant color in the image? I tried the eye dropper tool but couldn't get it to look any good.

Also, check to be sure that the eyedropper is sampling at least a 3 x 3, or 5 x 5 pixel, area and not a single point (CS2 and earlier versions of Photoshop). CS3 gives 7 options up to 101 x 101 pixels average.