I have been trying (w/ use of the help screens) to do what I /thought/ would be a simple operation.
I have an image w/ some text in it. I want to move *each* letter over by 2 pixels (to accomodate an outline). So here is what I do: 1. Select all 2. move image (good) 3. C+select to remove the first letter 4. move image (good) 5. notice that gimp "shrink wrapped" the selection to just the letters (leaving out the transparent areas) 6. C+select to remove the second letter 7. notice that ALL the letters disappear (but have marching ants on them) 8. notice that the letter I just (presumably) de-selected still has marching ants shrink warpped on it too 9. move the selection 10. notice that ALL the letters move, including the on I /tried/ to de-select Doh! I could anchor the selection and reselect the remaining text. But I'd have to do that 30 -> 40 times (not!). While extremely zoomed in (not!). I do not understand how selection tools change from normal when a selection is active. I also do not understand /why/ selection tools change from normal. I tried several of the select tool buttons (e.g. subtract from current selection), but to no avail. For those of you still reading <g>, here is the big picture. I have some text and a background (American flags). I captured both from my website. I put both in layers. I made the text be "difference" (as I recall) and the flags be "normal". Bam, a good looking title with the font stroked in a flag motif. The only problem is that the font has a lot of white pixels (you know, the stripes) on the edge of the letters and my website uses a white background (not good). So I tried to put some space in between the letters (hence my question) and manually outline the letters. If there is a quicker way (say instead of the text tool filling w/solid colors, but instead w/ a gif) then I'd appreciate the help. If not, then am I just a moron gimp user (probably yes). But what is up w/ the selection tools when the selection is active??? _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
