Creating a Vignette in CS3

1. CREATING A VIGNETTE: 

Sometimes you just need a border of fram of a sort to help pull together an image and a vignette is a great and classy way to do so. 

Step 1- Double Click your background layer to unlock it

Step 2- Once the layer is unlocked you will then want to create a new blank layer.

Step 3-Select the blank layer, then you will go to the bottom left of the layers menu and click on the mask tool (a rectangle with a circle in the middle)

Step 4- Once selected on the mask you will the hit the paint bucket tool and paint the layer the color of your choice for the vignette.

Step 5- Once you have painted the layer, stay on the same layer and select the mask that you have previously created. take the gradient tool and click the center of the image and drag the mouse out to a corner. you should then see the vignette and you can choose to minimize the appearance by lightening the opacity and erasing some of the vignette with a fluffy brush.