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Easy way to add a border or frame around a photo in Gimp

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In the below image you can see black color border around the photo.In this tutorial we can check how easily can add surrounding border / frame to an image in Gimp

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1. Open your image in GIMP

2. Press CTRL + A or right click on the image > Select > All

3. Again right click on the image > Select > Border > in the boder selection window add 2px and then click ok

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4. Use Bucket fill tool (SHIFT + B) to fill the selected area

The bucket tool uses the foreground colour. So for changing the color Click foreground > Set new colour > then click ok

I have also made a video on the same. You can watch it below

About Sibi Antony

Bootstrap and Android LOVER. I've been creating things for the web for over 10 years, from the period of flash and table based layout web sites till mobile and tab friendly web sites.
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