How to make a white bar?

[quote=koridjinn]I've started to make my own art on GIMP, and after seeing a lot of sigs, I was wondering how people make that white bar and add text on it. I'll use TinyStar's image as an example: [center][img=http://i.imgur.com/4ZBVI.png][/center] If anyone could tell me how, that would be lovely. Thanks![/quote]

[quote=TinyStar]There's two ways you can do it. You can make a new layer and use the rectangular marquee tool, fill it in with the white bar,mess with the opacity settings,move the white bar layer behind the render layer. Another way I do it is use the rectangle tool,then move the rectangle layer behind the render layer,and mess with the opacity settings. I hope this makes sense. xD[/quote]

[quote=koridjinn]Thanks! Though I should have just pm'd you.[/quote]