Adding borders (or beveled edges)?

[jkeller]

Hi... I'm new to Paint.NET. Great program, but I could not find any way to search/index the help pages.

I tried searching the forum, but the relevant topics assumed I knew how to do certain steps, which I do not.

I have a simple requirement (I think). I have a picture, and I'd like to either add a border to it, or change its edge pixels to become a border. Perhaps like a 3D-ish effect. Perhaps with a drop shadow. Is there a way to "bevel" the edge?

Is there a tool or plugin to do this? It seems like such a common thing, I must be missing something.

The closest I got was increasing the canvas size, while leaving the image centered.

Thank you!

[Extra]

Depends on the border type.

Maybe one of these will work for you.

http://paintdotnet.12.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=2426&highlight=borders

http://paintdotnet.12.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=1746&highlight=borders

http://paintdotnet.12.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=2637

http://paintdotnet.12.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=2298

[jkeller]

Thanks for quick response, Extra!

Those are great effects. I think the 4th one is the one I'm looking for. I'm still not knowledgable enough to follow most of the tutorials, but I'll try; that one looks pretty easy.

Thanks again,

-J

[barkbark00]

Just a note, there is an easier way to do the steps outlined in the 4th tutorial. It involves using just the square(or any of the others) gradient and the alpha mask plugin.

I'll add the alternate steps to that tutorial later.

[jkeller]

The worked great for me, thanks very much!

I used the Gradients... plugin, Square, and just kept duplicating until it looked good to me.

I've got one more question, but it's unrelated, so I'll make a new topic.