Ducks 2 - Border 3

Ducks 2 - Border 3
Originally uploaded by Katie M 459

Final version. I finally found a version I really like.

How I did it: see the post under "Ducks 2".

For the border:
New layer. Created gradient. Gradient is a custom gradient based on FG to BG - just move the end colors much closer to the edges. Shape is "Shaped (dimpled)". Create the gradient - white end on the outside.

Duplicate the layer, so we have two copies of the same to work with.

Create new layer. Do linear gradient based on default FG to BG - one color on top, the other color on bottom. Create another new layer and do the exact opposite.

Move the layers so they're in this order from top to bottom: "linear gradient, light on top," "one of the dimpled gradients," "linear gradient, dark on top," "the other dimpled gradient," "picture."

Select top layer, set transparency to ~50%. Merge down. Should now have a rectangle that's darker on the bottom. Make invisible.

Select the other linear layer, set transparency to ~50%. Merge down. Should now have a rectangle that's lighter on the bottom. Make all layers visible again.

In top layer, select rectangle that runs from 26 x 26 px, to 26 x 26 px from the lower right corner (helps to do expand from center and start at the midpoint). Hit delete.

In the lower gradient layer, do the same thing, but make the cleared area a little smaller, so we can see it through the top layer. Saved.

Opened in Windows photo gallery, and autofixed the color.

And that's it. :)