/outline-simple

A simple Outline effect for GIMP

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Outline-Simple plugin for GIMP

A simple Outline effect for GIMP. It works by adding a border to the content of a layer.

Usage

  1. Create a text layer (or any other layer), and make it the active one

Before

  1. Go to menu Filters → Decor → Outline Simple

After After

Installation

  1. Download outline-simple.py
  2. Copy it to your plugin folder ( typically ~/.gimp-2.8/plug-ins/ )
  3. Restart GIMP

Additional notes

The effect can be performed manually without this plugin, this will just make it in a more automated fashion. The steps are: set alpha to selection, grow selection, create new transparent layer, move new layer down, fill selection, blur.

This has been tested on GIMP 2.8 on Linux

There is a similar plugin here http://pete.nu/software/gimp-outliner/