How to use the Photoshop Frame tool to make your images pop
With the Photoshop Frame Tool, you’ll be able to quickly and easily frame any image to give it a unique look that stands out—no more boring rectangular shots here! Plus, even photoshop newbies will find this tool easy to use; it’s really as simple as pointing and clicking. Now that you know the Frame Tool exists, why not go ahead and make some of your images look extra special?
To use the frame tool, first select the area you want to frame
Create a placeholder frame
You can create placeholder frames for images in any of the following ways:
- Use the Frame Tool
to draw empty rectangular or elliptical frames on the canvas. - Convert any existing shape or text to a frame.
- With an existing image on the canvas, use the Frame Tool to draw over the desired area of the image.
Create frames with the Frame Tool
- Select the Frame Tool from the Tools panel or press ‘K’.
- In the Tool options bar, choose a rectangular frame
or an elliptical frame 
. - Draw a new frame on the canvas.
Convert any shape or text to a frame
- In the Layers panel, right-click (Win) / Control-click (Mac) a text layer or a shape layer and choose Convert To Frame from the context-menu.
- In the New Frame dialog, enter a Name and set a specific Width and Height for the frame.
- Click OK.
Draw a frame over an existing image on the canvas
- Select the Frame Tool from the Tools panel or press ‘K’.
- In the Tool options bar, choose a rectangular frame or an elliptical frame.
- With an existing image on the canvas, draw a frame over the desired area of the image.
- When you draw the frame, the image is masked by the frame boundaries.