Pat, first of all, my sincere apologies! I misunderstood what you wanted. I decided after all the photos had been added to the page that I needed the background to be a color other than white. At the bottom I added another layer that is cream colored. I think there may be a problem down in the layers column. No matter what I did, I always ended up with marching ants around the whole page. ' When I did instruction number 3, Select>All (Ctrl-/Cmmd-A), the marching ants were not around those eight photos, they were around the whole page. I then followed the instructions for 'Assuming the 3 photo groups are individual files. So I went ahead and selected each of the separate photos (layers) in the group on the left hand side. I am assuming the psd layers file means it is not yet merged with the background file.

I'm not really sure what it means to open the group file. I will send a screenshot of the psd layers file. This page exists as both a psd file and a jpg file. Unfortunately, I am having a bad time with this seemingly simple task. Thank you to both Chris and Sepiana for their timely responses. Follow Steps 2 through 5 as delineated above. Place your selection on its own layer (Ctrl-/Cmmd-J).ДЈ. Make a selection of the group using the Rectangular Marquee tool (M).Дў. If you decide you don't want the stroke, just delete this layer.ДЄssuming the 3 photo groups are already merged with the background file:ДЎ.

You can change its color, width apply a bevel, texture, etc.

The advantage of having the stroke on its own layer is that it gives you more flexibility in editing. In the dialog box, enter the stroke width and color of your choice. You will see marching ants around your group file.Д¤. In the Layers panel, click on the 'Create a new layer' icon. Pat, there is more than one way to accomplish what you want.ДЄssuming the 3 photo groups are individual files (not yet merged with the background file):Дў.

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