: Techniques to draw tasteful lines and border in Photoshop When I draw lines or borders in Photoshop for my web design work, they are usually not beautiful and seem to me to not be aesthetically

@Tiffany317

In my experience, one of the main reasons a border looks ugly is it's too heavy. "Heavy" is created by thickness, of course, but also by too much contrast. A black line on a white background must be thinner than a light grey line to avoid looking too severe (unless you're trying for the "prison camp" look).

Another reason that a border (or a rule) will seem wrong is if it is almost-but-not-quite the same weight as the text on a page. If your text characters are one pixel thick, your rule should be the same.

Finally, the number one reason a border looks ugly is it's unnecessary. It's almost a hallmark of untrained design to stick boxes around everything. In 99% of cases, like explaining a joke, they are redundant.

The borders on this page are thin, light, and usefully define the space.

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@LarsenBagley460

Okay this is what i understood..may be i am wrong..

If you are manually drawing your borders and lines(its wrong),this answer can help you.

For Lines:

Photoshop have line tool which automatically draw the line the way you want to,Please see the Attach SS (open image in new window for clarity)



For borders :

double click on the layer on which you want to apply border.apply stroke 1px,2px whatever you want, you can change its color also....



Hope this will help..

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