Framing an Image

Adding a border to your image in GIMP is easy. Framing effects and other options are located in the Filters Decor menu. Figure 4-25 shows an example of the Border option. Figure 4-26 shows an example of the Round Corners option and the Slide border option.

Figure 4-25. The image on the left has no border; the image on the right has a border.

Figure 4-26. The image on left has round corners and the image on right has GIMP's Slide option.

To add a frame, follow these steps:

1. Open an image in GIMP.
2. Go to Filters Decor and choose a border type from the menu (see Figure 4-27).
3. To save your image, go to File Export to save your image if it is a JPG or TIF. Or click File Save to save your image in GIMP's native file format of XCF.
   

   Figure 4-27. There are several framing effects available in the Filters Decor menu.