Sample Color Border Plug-in

[tim]

This one is simple but very fun (I think).
It turns your active layer into indexed mode then samples the colors (number of colors specified by you).
Then uses those colors to draw a border frame of a specified dimensions (percentage also specified by you).

This one came to me, when I was pondering about the Color Chips Plug-in, since that one doesn't have much use, I thought "What if I create a border out of color chips?" and so this plug-in was born.

You might also be interested in the Perspective Border Plug-in.

sample_color_border.py #

Tested on GIMP 2.10.8 flatpak Linux (Ubuntu).

(4.43 KiB) Downloaded 148 times

sample_color_border.py #

Version 2. Improve Quality by creating large borders then scaled down. Added Toggle for keeping aspect ratio of border or not to have constant border thickness.

(6.74 KiB) Downloaded 215 times

Plug-in Menu Location: Python-Fu/Sample Color Border...

Instructions:

1. Have an image of active layer that you'd like to border.
2. Run Plug-in (Python-Fu/Sample Color Border...), Select Number of Colors, Select Percentage to use as Frame (ie, 10% would make the final image 10% larger in dimensions). Click OK to run Plug-in.
3. That's it, Enjoy!
   
   Some sample results (before on left, after on right):

   

   sample_color_border.png # (123.46 KiB) Viewed 3743 times (Thumbnail | Recognize)

   

   sample_color_border_2.png # (548.67 KiB) Viewed 3743 times (Thumbnail | Recognize)

   

   sample_color_border_3_60percent.png # (523.81 KiB) Viewed 3742 times (Thumbnail | Recognize)

   I am quite happy with this plug-in. I shall celebrate by eating 3 bananas and a bunch of grapes

[Pat625]

Tin, this is really another really nifty plug-in!! So nice to do a border quickly that has colors that are from and compliment the image. I will use this one a lot!!

Tin Tran.Sample Border.Ram Statue.jpg # (114.45 KiB) Viewed 3722 times (Thumbnail | Recognize)

Tin Tran.Sample Border.Forest.jpg # (611.05 KiB) Viewed 3722 times (Thumbnail | Recognize)

Tin Tran.Sample Border.Art School Athen.Painter Rafael.jpg # (123.5 KiB) Viewed 3722 times (Thumbnail | Recognize)

[FlutteringBy]

Whitesail.jpg # (57.65 KiB) Viewed 3719 times (Thumbnail | Recognize)

Bellflower.jpg # (80.53 KiB) Viewed 3719 times (Thumbnail | Recognize)

Definitely a keeper, Tim...

Many thanks for this one... ....

FlutteringBy

[enxio27]

Oooh. . . all sorts of possibilities present themselves for digital scrapbooking. . .

[tim]

Thanks for testing out my script.
I have to "disappoint" you with version 2.
Higher quality when you select many colors by creating full size (large) borders than scaled down.
And added a "Keep Aspect Ratio" toggle/option YES to Keep aspect ratio, NO to have constant border thickness all around.

PS: disappoint as in you gotta download another version... but it's superior to version 1.

[Pat625]

No disappointment at all, Tin!! This is even better. Thank you.

TT.Sample_Border.Tiger.jpg # (117.91 KiB) Viewed 3698 times (Thumbnail | Recognize)

TT.Sample_Border.Castle.jpg # (145.61 KiB) Viewed 3698 times (Thumbnail | Recognize)

[Krikor]

Hi Tim, I've been testing this script a bit, but I was wrong to choose a very large image, and I ended up doing fewer experiments than I wish I could have done.

Too bad the border only applies over the size of the image. It would be interesting if it could be applied to a selection, so we could create borders for oval images, etc.

Tim, thank you so much for this script.

[tim]

Oh I don't know how to apply colors to irregular shaped that still proportionally represent colors from the image.

[Blighty]

I added some bevels to the frame.

[Pat625]

Very nice Blighty. I like those bevels.