Time Machine frame removal?

[posnpretty]

I have a black and white studio portrait of my grandfather, probably made in the early 60's, and a color photo of my grandmother taken at my cousin's wedding in the early 80's.

I scanned in the photos to my PC, using 1200 dpi resolution. I realize that is too large, but I wanted to do some touch ups before resizing them. Things like background eraser are easier to use (for unskilled me, anyway) when the photo is high res.

I want to post both photos on the home page of a family history website I am creating, and to make them match better I used the Box Camera effect in Time Machine to convert my grandmother's photo to a 60's-era black and white photo. I like the effect; now it looks more similar to my grandfather's photo.

However, the Time Machine added a frame to the photo, which I would like to remove. Is there any way to remove the Time Machine frame? I searched the Help docs but there was no mention of removing a frame. If I try to apply a different frame using Image>Picture Frame, it ADDS the frame to the one put there by Time Machine.

Thanks for your help!
Cyndi

[Ron P.]

In the Time Machine dialog you need to uncheck the Photo Edges option. Photo Edges applies the frame to the image..



There's no way that I can find to remove the frame once the Time-Machine has applied it. So before committing the effect, make sure you have cleared the Photo Edges check box. That way only the filter will be applied...

[posnpretty]

Thanks, Ron! I'll keep that in mind next time I use the Time Machine effect. In the meantime, while using the Background Remover plug-in, I just erased the frame!

Cyndi