[JeppebirD]

Hi all, this tutorial was made because sometimes there are still people asking 'how to get the 1px border?'
I think everyone should know it already, and that it belongs to the basics of making a sig.
But for new people, or people who are new to making sig, I made this tutorial, and also for the tiny bit of experience in sig making, there we go!

[*] Step 1:

Open the sig image in your gimp:


Create a new black layer, leave the other settings to default:


[*] Step 2:

Select the newly created layer (click it in layers tab, no screenshot)

Select all (ctrl+a) (also no screenshot needed)

[*] Step 3:

Okay, the most difficult step (not difficult at all)

Shrink the selection with 1 pixel ( - Select - Shrink - Enter 1 and clik OK
note: Im using dutch interface, but you should have noticed that :w:



Cut the selection
CTRL+K (keep ctrl pressed, press "k" and release ctrl)

Ant it is done! :h:
Final notice: You CANNOT see the border in GIMP, because it is under the 'layer edge' line (Yellow stripeline around image), If you really want to see it, Select the Background layer, resize layer canvas, and press 'center' in the resize window (screenshot attached) now you can see the border when Background layer is selected)



There also seems to be a filter for that, but the manual way is always better :w:

[monkey_360]

Interesting way, ill have to try it, Ive got adifferent ,easier, method imo, you can just make a new layer, go to script-fu, decor, add border, and select 1x1 black border, or you can make a new layer and go select all then stroke selection 1px line or something :h: yours probably gives better results though, and is probably more customizable

[abc123]

ben jij nl?

[Jethro252]

This is great for those that dont know how to make a border. Very detailed!

[kward1979uk]

I glad somebody has done a full tutorial on this maybe it will stop the question on how to do strokes around text being asked over and over again. if only people would use the search option then this question would never need to be asked again.
In the past i had got so fed up woth the question being asked i wrote 2 small scripts
script for puting a stroke around a shape on a alpha layer
script for writing text with stroke around it

[KITM]

I actually know an easier way to do it.


-Make a new layer.
-Select all. (ctrl+a)
-Right-click on the image.
-Edit->Stroke Selection.
-Set it to 1 px. or whatever you want your border to be.

[monkey_360]

Pretty much the same thing i said lol

[Blazeboy]

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Pretty much the same thing i said lol

Not at all. Your method makes the image bigger and makes the new space with the border while Jeppe and KITM puts a border on the current signature.

[monkey_360]

no my second methode is the exact same method as KITM lol

[Tixbomber]

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Not at all. Your method makes the image bigger and makes the new space with the border while Jeppe and KITM puts a border on the current signature.

It does not make the image bigger... You are creating a layer the same size, and then shrinking the selected part of the layer say by 1 pixel. It still retains the layer's and signature's original size.

[Tray]

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QUOTE:
Not at all. Your method makes the image bigger and makes the new space with the border while Jeppe and KITM puts a border on the current signature.

It does not make the image bigger... You are creating a layer the same size, and then shrinking the selected part of the layer say by 1 pixel. It still retains the layer's and signature's original size.

He meant by going to Script fu>Decor>Add Border. That DOES add to the size. The methode he stated to do, and that these two aer arguing about saying one said and one didn't, doesn't add to the size.

[Kavukamari]

I have a BI-I-I-I-IG Question, how do you INSTALL script-fu's? the answer has eluded me time and time again so HELLPPP

[virtualTune]

can't see any of the pictures! :( any ideas?

[Moko]

Me to. :(

[virtualTune]

I am using google chrome. when i used firefox i was able to see them! weird!

[Cyrilshark]

Maybe because this is four years old...

[blankaex]

Don't be silly, you get the default 1x1px brush and brush around the whole sig. :3