How to blend/overlay a pattern/frame/border onto a portrait using PS?

ralliart12 · 20th March 2007

Hi. Recently I came across a portrait with a floral/tribal frame/border. The interesting thing is, the floral pattern seems to BLEND TOWARDS the centre of the portrait as well, almost as if it is a complete overlay on top of the photo with the centre portion cleared to show the person more.

Unfortunately I have lost the link to the photo, but if anybody knows what I mean, can teach me how to do it in PS? Or at least please provide some example links.

Thanks in advance.

lumpyme · 20th March 2007

assuming ur border is without background. use masking (with a feathered brush) to clear the center area, or u can juz erase but u'll lose the erased section... then maybe drop the opacity of the border layer.

20th March 2007	#1
ralliart12 Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: JE, Singapore Posts: 317	How to blend/overlay a pattern/frame/border onto a portrait using PS? Hi. Recently I came across a portrait with a floral/tribal frame/border. The interesting thing is, the floral pattern seems to BLEND TOWARDS the centre of the portrait as well, almost as if it is a complete overlay on top of the photo with the centre portion cleared to show the person more. Unfortunately I have lost the link to the photo, but if anybody knows what I mean, can teach me how to do it in PS? Or at least please provide some example links. Thanks in advance.

20th March 2007	#2
lumpyme Deregistered Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 113	Re: How to blend/overlay a pattern/frame/border onto a portrait using PS? assuming ur border is without background. use masking (with a feathered brush) to clear the center area, or u can juz erase but u'll lose the erased section... then maybe drop the opacity of the border layer.