"In today's hands-on tutorial, you will learn how to apply The
GIMP's powerful layer and pattern tools to put a frame or border
around a digital photo or digital image by editing a photograph in
our digital darkroom. It's a simple application of what you already
have learned in our Gimp tutorial series about using the Gimp's
layer and pattern tools.
"In Part 1 of this tutorial series, we covered some of the most
basic elements of photo editing, cropping and scaling (resizing)
photos, along with adjusting the brightness and contrast of photos.
Then, in Part 2 you learned how to use the GIMP's powerful layer,
pattern, and text tools by editing a photograph in our digital
darkroom. If you do not know how to use the Gimp to crop and scale
photos, adjust brightness and contrast, add text or a pattern to a
photo, or create and work with layers, then you should go through
the Part 1 and Part 2 tutorials..."