Using Images to create a border in CS3

Hello people,
I've recenty, found that CSS3 is capable of creating cutom border styles by using your own images. I know that CSS3 is included with Adobe CS5 Dreamweaver, but I only have CS3. What I wanted to know is if there was an alternate method in CS3 that looks like a border, but is just an image.
I know it is possible using a background image and stretching it, but was simply wondering if there is a more correct way.
Thanks in advance.

You can achieve some interesting results with regular CSS borders.
And CSS3 Box-shadows & Border-Radius.
http://alt-web.com/TEMPLATES/2-image-web-design.shtml
Or the old method with image slices.
http://alt-web.com/DEMOS/Image-slices-in-a-CSS-based-layout.shtml
Nancy O.
Alt-Web Design & Publishing
Web | Graphics | Print | Media Specialists
http://alt-web.com/
http://twitter.com/altweb

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