
It is about a simple trick to make a photo frame in GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program). Most of you might be already familiar with Photoshop; GIMP basically does the same thing, more-or-less. See here if you want to know more! The picture at the left shows the result.
Follow the steps below to produce the frame! Note that the menu-sequence used here is according to GIMP 2.4.6 which may differ with that in the previous versions.

Open the images as layers ("leaves" for the background, "heart" for the frame master -- you can also produce the frame master directly within the GIMP, however my favourites are to look for some nice PNGs with transparent backgrounds on this site)
Step 2

Then deactivate quickmask and continue with:
[Select]-->[Invert] and [Edit]-->[Clear]

Add a transparent layer at the top ([Layer]-->[New Layer]); we call this the top layer. On the layers window right-click the frame master layer then select "alpha to selection". Activate the top layer, continue with [Edit]-->[Stroke Selection] then select "Stroke with a paint tool". Make it sure that you have configured the brush as indicated below.



Merge the top layer, top shadow, and the background (leaves) layer. The frame shall be now ready for your photos :-)
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