: How to add a simple border into an image in GIMP I'm very new to GIMP and found that doing simple stuff in GIMP is much harder than it should be. All I want to do is add a simple black

@Angie364

For an individual layer:


Select->All
Edit->Stroke Selection
Choose line style, width->Stroke


By default the stroke color is the foreground color

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@Connie430

Using the Add Border filter only seems to work if you want to apply a border to the entire image. It looks like it just creates a new layer on top for the border and resizes the canvas. It doesn't work for individual layers.

You can manually do the same thing for an individual layer.


Duplicate the layer that needs a border. (This duplicate layer will be the border.)
Resize the border layer (Layer → Scale layer). For example, if you want a 1 px border, add 2 pixels to height and width.
Change the fill of the border layer by


Selecting the border layer
Selecting everything it (Ctrl+A)
Changing the current foreground color to the desired border color
Using the Bucket Fill Tool (Shift+B), hold Shift and click inside the border layer

Move the border layer to be one layer below the layer that needs the border.

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@Lee3735518

Go to Filters -> Decor -> Add Border...

Then choose your border settings



From the GIMP help files


Border X size, Border Y size Here you can select the thickness of the
added border, in pixels. X size (left an right) and Y size (top and
bottom) may be different. Maximum is 250 pixels.

Border color Clicking on this button brings up the color selector
dialog that allows you to choose an “average” border color (see below,
Delta value on color).

Delta value on color This option makes the border sides to be colored
in different shades and thus makes the image to appear raised. The
actual color of the respective border side is computed for every color
component red, green, and blue[15] from the “average” Border color as
follows (resulting values less than 0 are set to 0, values greater
than 255 are set to 255):

Top shade = Border color + Delta

Right shade = Border color - ½ Delta

Bottom shade = Border color - Delta

Left shade = Border color + ½ Delta

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