Red Wrote:Hmmm, wanting to learn Photoshop quickly. I'd suggest you give up now. I'm always refining or altering how I do stuff and have tons of books and websites to refer to

TBH framing doesn't require much effort as a simple one is just a canvas size adjustment and then add the frame you want.

Think of layers like the old acetate on top of the original picture. It allows you to adjust things without destroying the original image. They are a must for pro editing as they are hugely flexible allowing you to alter things quickly and also fine tune those adjustments at any stage

Composite images. Well you said you needed to learn quick. Composite images are easy, good composite not so depending on how much you want people to think it is just one image. I can't really give you a one stop solution to isolating something out of an image as depending on what you are trying to do different techniques work better than others.

Can I put it politely though. Don't use Photoshop CS4. If you're struggling with knowing how to approach basic editing you'll only get frustrated. Come back to it once you are more familiar with editing. A better solution would be it's little sister Photoshop Elements or something similar

skateguy Wrote:http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshoptutorialsedgefx/Borders_Frames_and_Edge_Effects.htm

http://graphicssoft.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ/Ya&sdn=graphicssoft&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myjanee.com%2Ftuts%2Fframe%2Fframe.htm

http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-effects/photo-borders/

http://www.photos-of-the-year.com/articles/frame/