Passport size photos with the GIMP

GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It works on many operating systems, in many languages. It may be downloaded from *www.gimp.org/

Here is a brief EASY tutorial to make a sheet ready for printing passport size photos.
1. Open the passport size photo you have scanned using the GIMP. Alternatively, from a larger photograph using the crop tool select an appropriate part of the photograph for printing and make sure that the ratio of width:height::3:4
2. Click on Image-> Scale image to adjust the width to 1.38 inches. Height will be 1.84.
3. Click on ScriptFu-> Decor-> Add Border. Let X and Y be 12, click on the default blue colour and enter FFFFFF in the html notation box to make it white and click OK. Change delta value on colour from 25 to 0. Click OK.
4. Click on Image->Flatten Image
5. Click on filters-.Map->tile, and in that select the size of your sheet, say 8"x12" for A4 in this example, and click OK.
6. Use the crop tool to select the required area and leave out the partial incomplete photos on the edges and your sheet is ready.
7. Now click on File->Save As, and give somename.jpg, quality 100, and save the file or Click print to print it

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