Creating Borders in Gimp 2.0

[West_ray]

anyone knows how to create border without "shrinking" the photos?

i used to use PS to expand the canvas and the paste the layer (photo) on it, but Gimp does not allows that (or i do know abt it).

PS needs a high ram to operate smoothly, unfortunately mine is only 384ram, so decided to use Gimp instead.

 

[LittleWolf]

i used to use PS to expand the canvas and the paste the layer (photo) on it, but Gimp does not allows that (or i do know abt it).

I'm not sure about Gimp 2.0. In Gimp 2.2, you can expand the canvas (Menu: Image/Canvas Size) - I just tried it.

 

[West_ray]

oh tks for the info, didn't realised that 2.2 has been released.

 

[LittleWolf]

oh tks for the info, didn't realised that 2.2 has been released.

Another method to add borders that is arguably even better is to create a large "background" image and place your picture in a layer on top. This has the advantage that you can play with the background/frame and change the placing of your picture without messing it up.