Re: [Gimp-user] Help needed with creating a GIF image
When it is being saved as GIF, is it being done with the optimal color palette (with 256 colors) or is it using the websafe color palette? As I recall, websafe results in poor quality / jagged edges on fonts. Matt At 03:46 PM 6/26/03 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! I'm creating a GIF image with a colored background and some colored text. I'm using gimp 1.2.4 on Windows 2000. Here is what I do: 1. Load an existing GIF that I want to modify (since it already has the desired background) 2. Create a new layer and fill with FG color 3. Select the background layer and use the eye dropper to select the background color 4. Select the new layer (with the FG color fill) and use the Fill tool to fill this layer with the desired background color 5. Create a new transparent layer 6. Select the background layer (bottom most layer) and use the eye dropper to select the color of the text in the background layer 7. Select the transparent layer 8. Use the dynamic text tool to render my desired text in the desired color using the Monotype Corsiva Windows font 9. At this point, the image looks PERFECT and the text is smooth and has no jagged edges or anything 10. Click image/File/Save As, I specify By Extension as the type and save the image with a .gif file extension. I merge all visible layers and the GIF is created. Now, when I view the newly created GIF, the text has jagged edges and is not smooth like it was when I first rendered it. Any ideas on what's going on? Thanks... Peace... Tom ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Tutorial on silhouette
Try this for layer masks: http://gug.sunsite.dk/tutorials/toskala8/ At 03:43 PM 5/27/03 -0400, John Culleton wrote: Is there a basic tutorial on selections and masks? Something simpler than the Manual or _Grokking the Gimp_? -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Pasting © ® Symbols
I am still trying to paste the © and ® symbols into GIMP. I found the Gnome Character Map application and selected a symbol and copied it.It would then paste into a text editor but not into GIMP. Maybe I don't have GIMP configured correctly to allow pasting from another program. Any ideas on that one? Does anyone have fonts that will show © and ® symbols on the GDYN character map? None of the fonts I have are showing those. Thanks again, Matt
[Gimp-user] Re: © ® Symbols
I found the character map in GDYN but none of the fonts had an © or ® symbol. I found a Gnome Character Map application with the symbols and was able to select and paste them into a text editor and into OpenOffice Writer but when I tried to paste them into a newGIMP image nothing pasted. Any ideas? Thanks again, Matt
[Gimp-user] © ® Symbols
Does anyone know how toinsert the © and ® symbols into a Gimp image? I have tried using the Text Tool and then typing Alt+0169 and Alt+0174 but no results. Also, what are the best sources for free fonts for Gimp? I have the fonts that come with Red Hat Linux 8 plus another batch of free fonts that are public domain that I found out about through the Gimp website. Thank you, Matt
