JanB

I don't know what happened to the attachment--did it in two posts but it didn't 'take' in either one. But in any case, long since got the border I wanted using a variation of the Sarkut method, learned that I can also get the hex numbers of the colors using the Pick Color tool and so did my whole blog site colors (you know, the little bands around areas, the hover colors, the background colors) to 'pick up' the colors in my header image and am pretty happy with the result. I must say that the members here were very helpful and that's a magic wand all by itself. This issue is resolved, for me. Thanks very much. (Hope there's no rule against more than one thank-you per thread.)

Thanks. Do I understand that Paint.net won't do this particular thing without a plug-in? I was actually able to get a plain white border around the image by increasing the size of the canvas. I had wanted to make this a color, but it's better than nothing. I will try to get a color border at the Pyrochild site. Thanks again.

I have to put this one image header in my blog. My image is slightly too small for the space allowed, and I want to put a border around it (which I'll be able to crop to just the right size on the blog site itself) to hide the ugly margins that show up on the blog with a too-small image. (I did resize it easily, but don't like the result. It got a little distorted, and blurred. The border idea is better.) I can do this in Word, but couldn't save it as an image, only as a doc or rich text, and thus can't upload it to the blog site, which only accepts images. To summarize: Is there any way to just put a border around an image in Paint.net? I tried drawing a rectangle and filling it, and 'merging' the rectangle and the existing image somehow, by putting one image behind and one in front, but couldn't even make the rectangle tool work other than directly on top of the existing image, not around it like a border. Thank you. I attached what I'm calling 'the existing image' which I want to put a band of color around. (To the moderator: I took out all dumb self-deprecatory remarks. Funny, some places will only answer if one puts them in. But whatever.)

Friends, I'm a text maniulator, not image. But I have to put this one image header in my blog. My image is slightly too small for the space allowed, and I want to put a border around it (which I'll be able to crop to just the right size on the blog site itself) to hide the ugly margins that show up on the blog with a too-small image. (I did resize it easily, but don't like the result. It got a little distorted, and blurred. The border idea is better.) The reason I want to just put a border around it is I can do this in Word. You know, something you know how to do seems easier. I did it already, in fact, but couldn't save it as an image, only as a doc or rich text, and thus can't upload it to the blog site, which only accepts images. Here's the real question, then: Is there any way to just put a border around an image in Paint.net? I tried drawing a rectangle and filling it, and 'merging' the rectangle and the existing image somehow, putting one behind and one in front, but couldn't even make the rectangle tool work other than directly on top of the existing image, not around it like a border. Thank you. Sorry to be so dumb about it all! Hope I was clear enough! I attached what I'm calling 'the existing image' which I want to put a band of color around.