HOW DO YOU MAKE A VIGNETTE AROUND A PHOTO IN PSE 7?

HOW DO YOU MAKE A VIGNETTE AROUND A PHOTO IN PSE 7?  ALSO, HOW DO  YOU MAKE THE PHOTO KIND OF HAZY LOOKING?  JUST A SLIGHT BIT FOR EFFECT.  THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP!  

1966desertrat,
There are various ways to do this; here is one:
Open picture file
Duplicate background layer
Open new blank layer, and fill with white (Edit>fill>white)
Drag this layer between the background layer and the background copy layer
On the top layer, make a selection of the subject by dragging with the Elliptical marquee tool, position it to embrace the subject - can use arrow keys on keyboard to fine-tune
Go to Select>inverse
Go to Select>feather>try 25px - experiment for degree of feather
Hit delete on keyboard
Go to Select>inverse
Go to Select>deselect
To blur, go to Filter>blur>gaussian blur and adjust slider to suit
Message was edited by: hatstead
You may like Dreamy Suite software which you can download free. I use the stand-alone version.
http://www.autofx.com/freeplugins/dreamyphoto.asp?id=7

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