Just a style I've been working on.. I know, the text ruins the focal point.. Any ideas on where to move it? Spoiler Special thanks to Menace Tiger for sharing this stock
It would look better with a border IMO. I like the text. It's pretty good. But try moving it closer to the tree (focal) a bit more. Looking at the stock, blurring doesn't seem to look fitting. I personally think that it is better if you would sharpen it a bit instead of blurring it. I like what you did to the sky.
To be honest, I suck at borders. I know it would look good, though. That's not a bad idea.. I'll go back in and see if I can get it closer.. Believe me, this whole "painting" effect is based on blurring. If I were to sharpen it, it would look horrible. Thanks for the suggestion, though.
Simple borders are quite easy to do. I'll teach you: - Get the rectangular marquee tool - Select the whole picture - Go to EDIT > Stroke - Something would pop-up and it will ask you how many px do you want the border to be and from there you can choose the color of your border too. Simple as that
No, I know how to make them, just not apply them so that they look good. Most sigs tend to be either dark or light, which allows people to creat a border with one basic color. As you can tell from my image, there are many different colors and a basic line of color going around it greatly takes away from the image.