How to extrude and scale with an even offset? I'm quite new to Blender, so forgive me if this is a dumb question. I don't even know hot to describe it properly, so:





Basically I want to extrude a rectangle and then scale it along two axis, but without keeping the proportions; I want to reduce them of the same quantity, so that I get something similar to the frame of a picture.
Using "Inset" is a method to do this.

Select the face to "extrude", then press I to inset.

You can then inset a face almost like extruding and scaling, but evenly.



The inset tool is also useful for many other things, but this is one of its benefits.

Note: If you have a face that you would like to add a frame to, select the face then press I. You do not need to delete the face or anything. The "inset" tool is designed to inset :P