Chapter 5 - Borders for images with GIMP



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GIMP is the Linux equivalent of Photoshop. GIMP is short for GNU Image Manipulation Program. Photoshop is a great program, but GIMP is free. Photoshop costs $240 per year. I can buy a 4 GB RAM laptop for $240. (Requires minimum 14 inch on diagonal display.) Put a Linux Lubuntu operating system on it for free, and load GIMP on it for free. I use GIMP for editing pictures that go on the internet. You can get free images from unsplash.com.

5.1 Download a photo from unsplash.com and crop it to a width of about 2000 pixels.

5.1.1 Select the area to crop with the Rectangle Select Tool. Go to Image > Crop to Selection. The image is now cropped.



Cropped image with GIMP

5.2 Go to Select > Border. Select 50px for the border width. Border Style is Smooth.



Select for border using GIMP

5.3 Select the Background color as black. If you want to change the border width, use Edit > Undo to backup and make changes.

5.4 Go to Tools > Paint Tools > Bucket Fill. Click inside the border to fill as black.



Bucket fill using GIMP

5.5 We will now save the photo using the Export command. Go to File > Export As … . We will name the image, bigwave1.png . If we do not use a new name the photo will be written over. Click on Export in lower-right corner.

5.5.1 A window called Export Image as PNG will appear. Click on Export in lower-right corner.

5.5.2 Your image is now saved.





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GIMP Navigation

Ch1-Resize
Ch2-Crop
Ch3-Sliding
Ch4-Slice
Ch5-Border
Ch6-Line
Ch7-All Together