[*]First take your sig that you want your boarder on:




[*]Next make a path where you want the edge of your boarder to be.




[*]Fill a new layer with Nonclayto's Brushed Metal tut(http://www.gimptalk.com/topic.php?a=v&t=483&f=8#P_2954) then use path-to-selection and clear the inards to reveal your sig underneath.

[*]Add a bevel with thickness of about 3 to the boarder layer.




[*]Alpha-to-selection your boarder layer and grow by 1-2 pixels. Create a new layer and fill with black.

[*]Grow selection another 1-2 pixels and fill with a color that goes with your sig's color scheme.




[*]Yay, your done! Please make changes in these steps to fit your application.

Thanks a lot NateDog :h:

I just have one question, where do you get the brushed metal...I cant seem to find it.

very cool,
I never thought about using the paths to make the border shapes. Your way
rocks compaired to the methods I was trying ...
excellent tut.

thats just like what i did on my sig.. but i didn't belevel and stuff and i made 2 borders 1 hiding behind the other.

now i only need to add some nice small effects and i till be finnished.. (but i think that will come sometime after the baby )

Hey, I provided a link and changed the order in the brushed metal step.

And Luktar, I got the idea for my boarder from you, I just added my own style to it. I made another one slightly different :

the "trick" i read about tech borders is to only have 90/45 degrees angles.

and i notice some of your lines is not straight horizontal. use snap to grids.

Dude this is nice i thought i'd never find a tut like this.

which one is the best?


or

beveled one, defineatly.. better graphically but the looks can depend on personality tho

Yeah, I was doing mine quick so they aren't the straightest lines ever...

I like the beveled one better for sure!

Nice Tut Thanks alot!

How do you grow a layer?

You grow the selection. Selection > Grow

Welcome to the boards!!! I hope you find this place useful!

I think it turned out good.

THis ones better, with a text...

okay you know when you add 2 or 1 pixels then add a new layer and fill with black, well when i fill with black it turns the metal boarder black to






what am i doing wrong

You have to have a new layer selected and/or your new layer is above your metal layer.

okay i tryed out what you said but i am still getting the same results, should i take off alpha to selection before i add black?

What you could do is create a new layer and fill it with black. Then Alpha to selection your metal boarder. Invert the selection, choose your black layer and hit Ctrl+k. That should work...

Or do Script-fu > Decor > Add border.

yes i did it, it looks bad i am working on a copy so i can show everyone

how do you add a bevel to the actual border of the path layer?

When i used >Script-Fu>Decor>Add Bevel, all I got was a bevel around the whole square of the layer, not the complicated path i made. pls help

Im new to the gimp , is there an easy way to make a straight path? everytime i try it comes out looking like a 3 year old did it :l:

im trying to get straight angles instead i get awkward slightly curved paths.


Thanks alot

*Edit- Nevermind i figured it out*

-Sano

Alpha-to-selection the boarder layer first then add the bevel. that should work.

This is what I got: