Adding borders to scanned counters?

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Hi,

I’m working on my first Vassal design. I am using scanned counters but I want to add a border to them. Is there anyway to do this inside of Vassal or do I need to edit the images before putting them in?

Thanks,
Kevin

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There are some very fast tools you can use to do this.

Look at ImageMagick. In particular the -border and -bordercolor
options. Anything you need to do to a bunch of files cries out for
ImageMagick.

ImageMagick can be found here:
imagemagick.org/script/index.php

then look at -border and -bordercolor under “options” on the left.

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Thanks! I’ll check it out.

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There’s a nice example here:
imagemagick.org/Usage/crop/#border

Good luck with it,

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Making Vassal modules is image editing 90% of the time… ;)

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Also have a look at the -raise option. I use ‘-raise 2x2’ for all my counters to generate a nice beveled edge effect.

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Thanks, all! I ended up going with Photoshop Elements (Simple Pillow Bevel) because I have that program. I looked at Imagemagick, though, and it looks like something I could get used to using.