photoshop workshop 1 - Adding borders and changing background colour

Open the image you wish to add a border to.

Then from the top menu bar select Edit.

Then select stroke.

This will open a new window where you can choose the thickness and the colour of your border. As a general rule if the picture is dark use a white border. If the picture is very bright a black border works best.

Once you have chosen these press ok and the border will appear around your image.

Then if you can change the background colour if you wish. To do this press the bottom right corner of the gradient tool to see the options and select the paint bucket tool.

Now you can select the colour you wish the background to be using the set foreground tool.

Click the mouse where you want to change the colour. You are now ready to save your image.