Re: [Gimp-user] Framing Pictures

[Ofnuts <ofnuts laposte net>]

On 11/16/2013 12:06 AM, Reinhardt Christiansen wrote:
> 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. :)

To add an 'external' border that doesn't cover any part of the current 
image:

- "Image/Canvas size", and in that dialog:
    -- make sure hieght/width are not chained (chain link icon next to 
them should be open, otherwise click on it)
    -- add twice the required border width in both width and height. In 
Gimp 2.8 you can let Gimp compute the values for you, you can replace, 
say, '800' by '800+2*20' and Gimp will compute the answer for you.
    -- click the "center" button to center you current layers in the 
new canvas size
- Now your image is in a bigger canvas, with transparency around it 
(checkerboard pattern)
- Add a new layer to the image, filled with white, and move it to under 
the image layer(s)