Well, that makes all the difference in the world, doesn't it? Thank you very much! I changed the file types to png and the results were great.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fred Weinhaus Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 11:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [magick-users] help with overlaying text Also, I forgot to mention that you cannot use JPEG for transparent effects. It does not support transparency. You need to use gif or png. convert -background none -font poor-richard -pointsize 24 -fill blue \ -gravity center label:"My Text Here" tmp.png see various methods for making text into images: http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/text/#label http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/text/#draw http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/text/#annotate http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/canvas/#other (transparent canvas) you might want to look at my new script, texteffects, which can be found at http://www.fmwconcepts.com/imagemagick/index.html >I have read for 3 hours but can't find how to make the picture image >show through behind the text. I get a box around the text that covers >the picture. How do I make the color inside the box transparent? > > > >convert -size 300x -background transparent -fill blue -font poor-richard >label:"My Text Here" text.jpg > >composite -geometry +200+1 text.jpg picture.jpg result.jpg > > > >Thanks, > >Keith _______________________________________________ Magick-users mailing list [email protected] http://studio.imagemagick.org/mailman/listinfo/magick-users ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Magick-users mailing list [email protected] http://studio.imagemagick.org/mailman/listinfo/magick-users
