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How do I add a stroke to a layer in GIMP?

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Per the GIMP documentation Edit > Stroke Selection:

The Stroke Selection command strokes a selection in the image. There are two ways you can stroke the selection, either by using a paint tool or without using one. This means that the selection border, which is emphasized in the image with a dotted line, can be drawn with a stroke. There are various options which you can use to specify how this stroke should look.

Instructions

  1. Create a new Layer enter image description here

  2. Make a Selection via Rectangle Select Tool enter image description here

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  3. Go to Edit > Stroke Selection and setup your desired Line width:

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Note: The stroke color is been taken from the current Foreground color.


Result

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  • For hours on end I've been trying to add a border around a half elliptical pasted selection, and I can see that it has the dotted lines, so it is selected, but for the life of me I cannot put a border around just this selected half elliptical.
    – MadHatter
    Jun 27, 2019 at 9:47

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