First off, I apologize if there's been a tut on this before. Delete it if need be.

I've been wondering how to do this myself for a long time now, and I just now figured out how simple it was.

1. Get your image you want your text on. For this tutorial, I just have a basic wood background.




2. Type your text. check the box labeled "anti-aliasing" for a smoother transition. For the purposes of the tutorial, I chose a very simple white text, but you can use whatever you want.




3. Go to Layer > Layer boundary size. You'll want to have a boundary that is about double the current size, or so. You probably won't need that much, though. Unless you're trying for a really big border.

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4. Go to Layer > Transparency > Alpha to selection on your text layer. This will put a selection around your text. Then go to Selct > grow. Depending on the size of your text, and your desired results, you may have to play around with the amount for a bit. For this tut, I chose 5 pixels.




5. Make a new transparent layer, and place it underneath the text layer. Select the color you want your outline to be as the foreground or background color. I chose black. Then go to edit > fill with bg/fg color, whichever has the color you want your outline to be. Then go to select > none, and there you have it!

Yeah, that is pretty basic...but we still occasionally get people who don't know how to do this simple technique. Now we can point them here.

what if you want a smaller outline?

Look at step four, if you don't want 5 pixels you put 1,2,3 or whatever you want.

errm there is easier way to do that like this alpha to selection on words then select grow 2pixels new layer then bucket fill that layer in the outline its easy to do it that way way but great to know how to do it diffrent way

all you have to do is right click the text layer and choose alpha to selection and then pick black as your primary colour, and then goto Edit>Stroke Selection and put it by 1 or how many ever pixels thick you want your text "border" to be.
or get the script kward made

i mostly already said that

I tried that earlier and it never worked.



Not really. That's the same thing I said, except for the paintbucket tool. And if your selection isn't one large chunk (if you have a small outline, and the letters don't touch) the way I said saves time.

Good tut!

i dindnt know about this, thanks

either way is fine, i like it, it's simple

Your way is better than the stroke method. i tried it and it came out kinda blurry so i use the first guy's method ^.^

i go to layers> but i dont find the other one u said to go to :a: so im so lost!

What can you not find?

When I say layer, I mean the drop down menu. Not the dialog.

i like it :h:

vortagern: You should be able to just ignore that step. When you create a new layer, it should automatically have it set at the image's size, which should be plenty.

Oh my god i been trying to stroke my text, thanks so much this is going to help with my baby nine tail sig!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks im so happy right now

Sweet, I never knew how to put a border around the text.

Sick as can u tell me the font u used?

Waltograph. :w:

cool

LOL i did a tut like this a few days ago... good job cause you actually added images.

Ahh.. thanks, I have been wondering on how to do this..
heres my testing result (if you wanted to see..)

thx...i nvr knew you could do this