Adding white borders and fitting images to standard print sizes easily with templates in GIMP

I show you how I made some templates to generate correctly sized images for printing, should you want to print your photos. I use GIMP to make my templates as it is open source and fairly easily to learn how to use. Thanks for watching!

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[caitlinbrown]

I knew there must be an easy way, thanks!

[mikemitchem]

Good info. I still use Lightroom, so I'm not sure I followed all the steps. Have to watch it again

[kenheraty]

You can also add alpha channels with torn or decorative edge effects. Enjoy the day!

[PhilThach]

Gimp looks pretty powerful! You had a lot of nice images in this!

[jenm]

My command for shrink is grey and I am new to Gimp- so I can't get past this step...any suggestions?

[bassangler]

I am going to have to try GIMP, I still use the free Nikon software..lol...but all I do usually is add a little sharpness so I never really experimented with anything else

[jamesoliver]

I use Affinity Photo, $25 one time, on sale, and use a local printer that fingerprints their printers. If you are going to print anything other than snapshots, minimum size should be 11x17. I've used Photoshop since the 80s and still do for 1 function only. Affinity is just as powerful for the photographer and only slight;y less for the graphic designer. If I had started with Affinity first I would probably feel the reverse. Paper sizes are wedded to the printing industry standard sheet sizes for book production from before photography.

[Blue_Newt_]

Great idea. I usually give up on trying to make my images look good while trying to it them in those print house constraints.. didn’t Know CVS did prints. Do you upload those online too?

[aussie]

It’s interesting that Lightroom mobile doesn’t have a simple border tool. On a mobile platform the LR edited photo can be taken into Snapseed where a heap of borders can be added. Although those borders do encroach on the photo rather than being outside of the image.

[gayleblackie]

LR cloud comment, so don't use cloud lol. Save everything on your computer.