Ducks 2 - Border 2

Ducks 2 - Border 2
Originally uploaded by Katie M 459

Finally happy with the border. Kind of silly, since the last border took so much longer.

Here's how:
Started with the photo created during Ducks 2.

Created a new layer, white background. Gradient fill tool. The gradient is just the normal FG - BG. Changed type to conical (sym). Beginning at midpoint of picture, created a gradient that would make it be dark on bottom.

Created another new layer, white background. In that layer, did exactly the same thing as above, but in the opposite direction (light on the bottom). Rearranged the layers as needed so that the one with the dark on the bottom was on top.

Selected the layer on top (the "dark on the bottom" layer). Rectangle select tool - made sure feathered edges and rounded edges was off, and expand from center was on. Began at the exact center, and select to the upper left edge of 26 x 26 pixels. Hit Delete.

Selected the layer underneath. Repeated the above, but this time went to the 34 x 34 px point. Hit Delete.

Here is the original (the online version, which was slightly modified in Picasa):