Re: [Gimp-user] Framing Pictures

[Patrick Shanahan <ptilopteri gmail com>]

* Reinhardt Christiansen <rhino1 sympatico ca> [11-15-13 18:13]:
> I would like to add "frames" to some of the graphics I'm using on a
> website.  The frame I want is really just a white border of 8 or 10
> pixels on each of the four sides; the pictures will all be rectangles.
>
> I tried doing a frame like this in Gimp 2.8 (in Windows 8) earlier today
> and couldn't think of a way to do this very easily.  I thought about
> drawing a white line along the edge of each side of the rectangle but
> didn't know a good way to draw a straight line of the desired thickness
> exactly where I want it.  I thought about using the eraser to turn the
> edges white but that seemed clumsy.
>
> I'm guessing there is a much simpler way so I hope someone can tell me
> what it is.  :)

Have a look at ImageMagick.

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