Re: [Gimp-user] Framing Pictures

["Alvin Hikmawan S.Psi." <alvin hikmawan gmail com>]

You can use this step :
1. Ctrl+A to select the whole pict
2. Use menu "select --> border", set the thickness (in pixel)
3. Create new transparant layer
4. Fill with color (ctrl + .)
On Nov 16, 2013 6:37 AM, "Patrick Shanahan" <ptilopteri gmail com> wrote:

> * 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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