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    Default [GIMP] How to add an outfading outline for contrast to rivers and texts?

    Hi guys,

    my question is simple: I created a oldschool fashioned map. Here are my layers:

    Outermost Border
    Text (Captation, City Names e.g.)
    Rivers
    Overworld (Mountains, Forests e.g.)
    Texture (Paper-sytle)
    Landmass (dark tin color)
    monochromatic Background (light tin)

    A want to draw some black lines in the river Layer, that represent, as the name says, rivers.

    My Problem is: The black lines look ugly on top of the Overworld-Layer (see map for clearness). I tried to select the line, expand the border 3 or 4 px and delete the structures on the Overworld layer, but it looks bad as well.

    Is it possible, to add a border around the river-Line, which has the job to "fade out" the Overworld Layer? I want the river and later the captions to be in contrast to the respective background.

    Thanks in advance!

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    You could reduce the opacity of the river. It looks really strong compared to the other elements.

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    Nice map!

    I'm not really sure what you mean, but I think that if you made 2 masks for the rivers, a darker more narrow one on top, and a wider less dark on the bottom, you could blur them a little bit.

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    Hey KathaBlanca and welcome. I'd go for Azelor suggestion, but if you want to outline your river you can select the river, expand the selection, create a new layer and select it, stroke the selection and then play with the opacity of the layer. Good luck !

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