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Anonymous
Hey /p/, I need your help.

I find that a 1 pixel thick line around my photos make it look much better on webpages and such, and I know how to do it in photoshop on every individual pictures. Thing is, I'm wondering if you can batch alot of pictures at once and automatically make photoshop do a 1pixel frame around every picture, regardless of resolution, and also not destroying the information in the picture of when it was taken?

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>> Anonymous
Make a photoshop action with the following commands
[Start]
Select All
Stroke
1px
[End]
>> Anonymous
Poked around a bit wich leads to my next question:
How does one make a photoshop action?
>> fence !!POey2hdozCZ
1) select all
2) stroke, inside, black, 1 pixel
>> Anonymous
Okay, first off make sure your foreground color is set to white on the color palette.

Open up an image and open the tab at the top that says "Window" - > "Actions". This should bring up the Actions panel.

Right there, press the blank sheet icon for New Action, name your action or fool around with those details if you wish and press OK. The action is now recording. Time doesnt matter, but any tool you use or action you execute right now will be saved into it, so just do this now:

On the top tab, go to Select -> All
(or just press Ctrl+A for shortcut)

now when you see the 'marching ants' go to Edit -> Stroke. On the stroke panel, make sure the stroke is going to be made inwards, is 1px thick or however you like it, and turn Feathering off for a sharp edge. Also, make sure that it's using the Foreground color or Background color, whichever is correct. When you're done, press OK.

Go to Select -> Deselect (Ctrl+D)

Go back to the Actions Panel and press the squared Stop button. Your action is complete and can now be used for batchprocessing.
>> Anonymous
>>175105
continued:

Whenever you want to use that action, select your Action from the Action Panel and press the Play ( > ) button. This should carry it out automatically.

For batchprocessing, go to File -> Automate -> Batch

There you can select the action you want to use (yours in this case) which files you want to use it on, etc. I'm taking off here, cause I'm tired of typing, but that should be enough help to get you started. :)
>> iProd !8x7lXo9zIQ
Take pencil tool, set it to 1px. Draw along the edge of the photo until you have a border around your photo. May take several tries to get it perfectly along the border. Use eraser tool when necessary.
>> Anonymous
>>175105
>>175108

Thanks alot for your help, Anon. That was exactly what I was looking for.
>> web anon
html also has a border function so you can tell the webpage to border your images without editing them at all.
>> Anonymous
no
>> Anonymous
Hey OP, I'm sorry /p/ is so full of trolls.
Unless you have a fully legal copy of Photoshop, if you try any of the things listed so far you can irreparably damage your copy of Photoshop, sending an error message to Adobe, which could compromise your probably-illegal copy.

The best thing for you to do each time you want to add a 1px border around your photos is to get your photos together into a batch, get a medium-to-large hammer (16oz. or larger) and repeatedly hit yourself in the dick with it. I'd suggest at least 2 hits per photo, possibly as many as 4-5 hits per photo.
>> Anonymous
>>175230
finally
>> Anonymous
>>175230
I find one hit per megapixel works pretty well.