new to gimp and image editing in general (aside from basics).

i have discovered a lot of images (cars and sports) which are on slides to be scanned. the slide mounts have some info on the image contents etc.

i would like to add these to the image, when printed probably 8x6, 10x8, 12x10 etc which i understand are common sizes. and for print at 300dpi, the image / document sizes would be 2400x1800 (8x6), 3000x2400 (10x8) and 3600x3000 (12x10) is this correct?

here is an example and would be exactly the thing i'm looking for.

i would like to have a banner at the bottom where i can add in caption info eg the car or sports team / dates etc, and my contact info, and this would be probably take up an inch or so of say an 8x6 inch print if the example is anything to go by.. (i do plan to print them like the example too).

my questions are

1. how can i do this, in general
2. can it be done so the banner is a template and i then just drag and drop in the main image and change some text on the caption (some info will be constant eg my contact info), and then print, i presume i would need a template for each print size i would like to have.

hope i've explained it well! thanks in advance.

Pretty easy to do using separate layers for text, banner, car image and background image. Text layer on top, followed by banner image, then car image, then background image.

You have the pixels > inches correct. 300 ppi for printing resolution, Gimp works in pixels so inches x ppi = canvas size.

If you plan on lots of images then it is really one template per size. 8x6 is not the same aspect ratio as 10x8

As racer-x explained, lots of layers. Text makes small layers and could go in a layer group.

A simple 8x6 template attached to play with.

I can just get demo into a 1 minute animation for imgur https://i.imgur.com/ZIsjynv.mp4

That is a copy - paste - resize in place - anchor floating layer. Add some text.

thats great! many thanks.

how can i keep that same way you have templated, but create templates for larger photos (when printed).

eg. a template for each common image size i will want to print out (final paper / physical size)

i would need templates that print at 300dpi, in the common photo print sizes:

1. 6x4 inches (so 1800x1200 pixels)
2. 7x5 inches (so 2100x1500 pixels)
3. 8x6 inches (so 2400x1800 pixels)
4. 10x8 inches (so 3000x2400 pixels)
5. 12x8 inches (so 3600x2400 pixels)
6. 12x10 inches (so 3600x3000 pixels).

is there an easy way to keep your template you mocked up for me (many many thanks) and make the ones above? so ideally id have 6 templates (for each photo size) and then able to drag and drop in my images into the most appropriate one. (eg landscape /wide view images would go best in 12x8 or 12x10s, but then detail /zoomed shots can go on 6x4s).

thanks again

Follow the directions rich gave you for the small template then do the same and make a template for each size. Making sure you keep these as templates - (dont export over them)

More details.
4.4. Templates Dialog
https://docs.gimp.org/2.10/en/gimp-template-dialog.html







Open created required size add alpha channel and clear.
Paste and scale as shown nicely in Rich2005.

If Your Gimp supports Python, You can use Line Border 2.



The plugin has an option to save and load data (so you can also edit the text).



Note that the plugin adds text to the image, so you create templates reduced by the banner height (~ 300 px?).