the pics might be too small, but you can click on THIS LINK and make them bigger :)
first we need to resize the photo.
for horizontal pics, im going to do 750px. that makes it 500px high.
i then open a new blank file. i know i want it 500px high, but i want the width to be bigger.
since FB looks better at certain sizes, i chose 950px as my width.
drag your photo from the bottom tray onto your new blank spot
place it where you want to.
then click the color squares on your tool bar to open the palette. you can use the dropper to click a color from your photo.
make sure your "layer 1/background/etc" is highlighted on your layers tray to the right. then use the paint bucket to fill in the color
add text by clicking T in your tools bar and making a text box.
merge all layers and then save as jpg
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This is through Photoshop? Are there other programs to use like this that are free?
This is with PhotoShop elements, but you can download GIMP for free and its very similar :)
Do you know how to do this on Photoshop CS5? I'm getting frustrated because I can't figure out how! It doesn't allow me to combine the new file and the picture.
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