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" <ptilopt...@gmail.com> wrote:
> * Reinhardt Christiansen <rhi...@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. > > -- > (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri > http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri > http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 > Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net > _______________________________________________ > gimp-user-list mailing list > List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org > List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list > _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
