To frame or not?

[Mr F Stop.]

I did n't, now I do. Is there ...........uh .......a rule? Why do we frame other than it looks more professional ......or does it. Oh I should explain I am only talking about the thin or thick line around the edge of your shot not the ornate mounting type frame. So the frames we add or don't while posting on line?

 

[Rassie]

I feel the simple white frame I put around my posted images just finish them a bit nicer. Does it matter whether you frame an image for posting? I honestly don't think it matters.

 

[DRwyoming]

Yeah, I'm with Rassie, it's just a style thing. I used to add a drop shadow to my web post images, had an action written for it in Photoshop but these days I usually just post the image without any added borders or drop shadow.

 

[Rassie]

I have an action in Photoshop that I activate to resize an image for posting. One of the steps of the action is to resize the canvas just a bit larger than the image and that white canvas extension forms my frame.

 

[Graham Clark]

Using a border seems to drop in and out of fashion, bit like flared keks really

 

[Steve W]

For the right photo, yes. Use sparingly as it can easily become overdone, distracting and boring

 

[Mr F Stop.]

I have an action in Photoshop that I activate to resize an image for posting. One of the steps of the action is to resize the canvas just a bit larger than the image and that white canvas extension forms my frame.

Ah good old photoshop. I am struggling with my prints at the moment which is also new to me. Not being able to get that nice clean border. I am just using the basic print program from my windows viewer. Time to man up and get something a little more sophisticated me thinks.

 

[Rassie]

I print from within Photoshop. More control that way.

 

[EricBowles]

A border can have functional value as well. Some images have a near white or near black background making it hard to see the image edge. A border can help those images to be seen more clearly.

 

[dabhand16]

Agree with Eric here. Projected images will benefit from a 2 pixel border denoting the image boundary on an otherwise big screen with no idea of the composition. I will often colour key the border to a predominant tone in the image, although plain white or a grey tone will do the job provided the border is not too thick and become distracting.

If you display images on line, the background colour will often be white, so a hi key image will again loose its boundary and composition. Some hosts will offer differing background colours but not usually changable for different images - more a blanket choice across your web space, so again a border can be beneficial where an image is loosing all or some of its edges.

 

[aolander]

You can easily put a border on an image when printing from Lightroom under Image Settings > Stroke border. You can designate width, black, white or any shade of gray.

 

[Mr F Stop.]

Agree with Eric here. Projected images will benefit from a 2 pixel border denoting the image boundary on an otherwise big screen with no idea of the composition. I will often colour key the border to a predominant tone in the image, although plain white or a grey tone will do the job provided the border is not too thick and become distracting.

If you display images on line, the background colour will often be white, so a hi key image will again loose its boundary and composition. Some hosts will offer differing background colours but not usually changable for different images - more a blanket choice across your web space, so again a border can be beneficial where an image is loosing all or some of its edges.

Thanks for that I was thinking along these lines and you have given me the reason.

 

[Mr F Stop.]

You can easily put a border on an image when printing from Lightroom under Image Settings > Stroke border. You can designate width, black, white or any shade of gray.

Ah if i only had LR. Thanks for the reply.