How to add a Border to an Image in GIMP

Border an Image with GIMP

1. Open image and do all work to image first.

Set Border Color

Color #2 will be the border color

Increase canvas size

2. File menu: go to : Image > Canvas Size
3. !Important: Press the button that looks like a chain link to break the ‘link’ between width and height.
4. Increase the width and height by twice the border size that you want. For instance: for a 50 pixel border, add 100 pixels to width and 100 pixels to height.
5. Press Center.
6. Press Resize.

Merge Layers

7. File menu: go to Image > Flatten Image

The image should have a border now.

The image pictured below has a 50 pixel border.

If you want the top border and side borders to be the same and the bottom border wider, adjust your border width numbers by making the height larger by the amount of pixels that you want the bottom border to be. Then in Offset, press center.
Then adjust Y to equal X.
Press Resize, then continue as described above under Merge Layers.

If you always want a border that is even on all sides, use this menu item: Filters->Decor >Add Border.

-Donna Young -