Re: [Gimp-user] Framing Pictures
On Fri, 2013-11-15 at 18:06 -0500, 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. Use CSS, border: 8px solid white; If you really want to add borders to the images themselves, fx-foundry adds menu items to do it easily. Make sure you work on copies of your images. Liam -- Liam Quin - XML Activity Lead, W3C, http://www.w3.org/People/Quin/ Pictures from old books: http://fromoldbooks.org/ Ankh: irc.sorcery.net irc.gnome.org freenode/#xml ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Framing Pictures
On 2013-11-15 6:06 PM, 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. :) Thanks to everyone for your suggestions on methods for creating borders and also for reminding me of the wisdom of working with copies of the files so that the originals are preserved without frames. The suggestion that I create the frames via CSS is also particularly helpful. In this case, I control the HTML and CSS and can easily just add the borders that way. I'm kicking myself that I didn't think of that on my own ;-) In this case, I think I will use CSS but in other cases, the techniques you've mentioned will definitely be very helpful. I _knew_ there had to be a better way than drawing lines or using the eraser -- Reinhardt ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Framing Pictures
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. :) 1. Open image Select-All Select-Shrink (Select pixel size of shrink) Ctrl+I (invert selection) Bucket fill (Fill whole selection) 2. Open image Filters-Decor-Add Border -- Owen ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Framing Pictures
* 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.orgopenSUSE Community Memberfacebook/ptilopteri http://wahoo.no-ip.orgPhoto 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
Re: [Gimp-user] Framing Pictures
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.orgopenSUSE Community Memberfacebook/ptilopteri http://wahoo.no-ip.orgPhoto 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
Re: [Gimp-user] Framing Pictures
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) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
