PhotoLine Tip: Pixelize the border of an image

1. You have an image and want to get an original border around it.
Resulting Image 1

2. First create a rectangle lasso to get the border.
Resulting Image 2

3. Now select the Rubber from the tool bar. Select Tool/Mask/Invert. Then click on Work on Whole Picture in the tool options dialog.

Rubber

Resulting Image 3

4. Now select Tool/Mask/Expand. Setup a value for example 10 pixel.

5. Now select Filter/Quality/Sponge and setup a filter size depending on the image size, for example 9.
Resulting Image 4

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