Re: [Gimp-user] Text Editing Problems
When working with GIMP you can save your work in any file format you choose BUT your current work book will remain as xcf capable until you close it. So before you close GIMP- SAVE your work as a xcf also! The rest is as Owen said - use layers, etc. Rock and Roll Live! Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, any challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213 [ http://counter.li.org ] On 21/03/2011 6:22 p.m., Owen wrote: I am using Gimp version 2.6.11 under Mac OS X version 10.4.11. I am having a problem that is driving me to distraction: When I close a file and open it again, it is impossible to edit the text. Please note that before saving the file, I have no problems editing the text--so I have already passed hurdle. It wouldn't be so bad if it was just a word or two, but I am in a situation where I will have to delete several paragraphs of text and re-type them in order to fix a small typo. With my typing skills, it is likely that I will make another typo in the process. And, of course, I don't remember what font I was using, or the type size, etc. etc. Any suggestions and explanations would be welcomed. Possibly a workflow type of problem 1. put all your text on layers, even put revised text on a new layer 2. save you work as an xcf (native gimp format) all layers will be kept 3. use the eye icon in the layers to get your final version 4. Save as a jpg/png whatever Not quite correct? Reopen the xcf file, adjust as necessary, resave as xcf and then into your final format. Owen ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Text Editing Problems
I am using Gimp version 2.6.11 under Mac OS X version 10.4.11. I am having a problem that is driving me to distraction: When I close a file and open it again, it is impossible to edit the text. Please note that before saving the file, I have no problems editing the text--so I have already passed hurdle. It wouldn't be so bad if it was just a word or two, but I am in a situation where I will have to delete several paragraphs of text and re-type them in order to fix a small typo. With my typing skills, it is likely that I will make another typo in the process. And, of course, I don't remember what font I was using, or the type size, etc. etc. Any suggestions and explanations would be welcomed. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Text Editing Problems
I am using Gimp version 2.6.11 under Mac OS X version 10.4.11. I am having a problem that is driving me to distraction: When I close a file and open it again, it is impossible to edit the text. Please note that before saving the file, I have no problems editing the text--so I have already passed hurdle. It wouldn't be so bad if it was just a word or two, but I am in a situation where I will have to delete several paragraphs of text and re-type them in order to fix a small typo. With my typing skills, it is likely that I will make another typo in the process. And, of course, I don't remember what font I was using, or the type size, etc. etc. Any suggestions and explanations would be welcomed. Possibly a workflow type of problem 1. put all your text on layers, even put revised text on a new layer 2. save you work as an xcf (native gimp format) all layers will be kept 3. use the eye icon in the layers to get your final version 4. Save as a jpg/png whatever Not quite correct? Reopen the xcf file, adjust as necessary, resave as xcf and then into your final format. Owen ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Text Won't Enlarge Past 30 PX
I am a new Gimp user and have just started working on my first project with this application. Unfortunately, I ran into a roadblock almost immediately. I am unable to make text any larger than 30 PX. I can enter larger sizes than this in the Text Tool window, but any value greater than 30 has no effect. It doesn't matter whether I am trying to change existing text or am setting up the Text Tool for entering some new text. Selecting different units for the text size makes no difference in the maximum text size. Any ideas? Best regards, Andy Hall Gimp 2.6.11 Mac OS 10.4.11 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Text Won't Enlarge Past 30 PX
On 02/27/2011 08:56 AM, Andrew Hall wrote: I am a new Gimp user and have just started working on my first project with this application. Unfortunately, I ran into a roadblock almost immediately. I am unable to make text any larger than 30 PX. I can enter larger sizes than this in the Text Tool window, but any value greater than 30 has no effect. It doesn't matter whether I am trying to change existing text or am setting up the Text Tool for entering some new text. Selecting different units for the text size makes no difference in the maximum text size. Any ideas? Are you using a scalable font? ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Text Won't Enlarge Past 30 PX
On Sun, 2011-02-27 at 08:56 -0800, Andrew Hall wrote: I am a new Gimp user and have just started working on my first project with this application. Unfortunately, I ran into a roadblock almost immediately. I am unable to make text any larger than 30 PX. I can enter larger sizes than this in the Text Tool window, but any value greater than 30 has no effect. It doesn't matter whether I am trying to change existing text or am setting up the Text Tool for entering some new text. Selecting different units for the text size makes no difference in the maximum text size. I don't have any trouble making text as large as I might want. However, if I make it too large to fit in the image frame, it gets truncated. When you use the text tool, it produces a small window in which you enter the text, and it is then that you vary the font and size. Also, if I want to modify the size later, all I have to do is make sure I choose the layer containing the text. Look at the layers window. If you are making multiple attempts to create text, you may end up making more than one text layer, and in that case, you should make sure you've selected the one you want to change. Any ideas? Best regards, Andy Hall Gimp 2.6.11 Mac OS 10.4.11 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Text hinting problem on windows 7
Hello. I'm using the latest stable version of GIMP on windows 7. The hinting using the instructions from font is not working, only auto-hinting works (but the results looks ugly). What may be the problem? -- noir-soleil (via gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Text in animated gif
I've made a simple animated gif and what I wanted to do was have a word appear as the last frame. But the text box remains blank, though the text is black and the gif is red. Is there a way I can add text? What am I doing wrong? Or what do I need to do? A wild guess: The image is in indexed mode, and the text color is not in the palette. If that's the case: switch to RGB mode, add your text, then switch back to indexed mode. Andreas ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Text in animated gif
I've made a simple animated gif and what I wanted to do was have a word appear as the last frame. But the text box remains blank, though the text is black and the gif is red. Is there a way I can add text? What am I doing wrong? Or what do I need to do? Pat Brown http://pabrown.com/ A figure who walks between the darkness and the light in search of salvation ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] text processing script
Hello the list ! I am totally new to the Gimp and would need to write a script that does the following: 1) generate text strings (with a specified font) using all consonants (except for X, W, Y and Z) that look like this: - B -XBXXX -XXBXX -XXXBX -B I was wondering if doing this through the Gimp is really efficient (I was thinking of using a spreadsheet instead). 2) Insert the above made lines in one jpeg picture each (800x600), vertically and horizontally centred. 3) Make five copies of every jpeg and manipulate contrast in order to fade from highest to lowest according to a certain step (luminance/square-root of 2). To those wondering, this is for stimuli building in a psychology experiment. I would very much appreciate any hints on which tools to use. Cheers, Damien. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] text processing script
On 11/13/2010 11:12 AM, Damien wrote: Hello the list ! I am totally new to the Gimp and would need to write a script that does the following: There are two ways to script Gimp: Scheme (a LISP derivative) that is built-in, and Python that may be part of your install (and can be otherwise added later, even if it's not painless). I use Python. 1) generate text strings (with a specified font) using all consonants (except for X, W, Y and Z) that look like this: - B -XBXXX -XXBXX -XXXBX -B I was wondering if doing this through the Gimp is really efficient (I was thinking of using a spreadsheet instead). This would be done by the script, likely light-years more efficient than a spreadsheet. 2) Insert the above made lines in one jpeg picture each (800x600), vertically and horizontally centred. I suggest using PNG format for this instead. The files won't be bigger and you won't get any artifacts 3) Make five copies of every jpeg and manipulate contrast in order to fade from highest to lowest according to a certain step (luminance/square-root of 2). For some definition of contrast :) To those wondering, this is for stimuli building in a psychology experiment. I would very much appreciate any hints on which tools to use. Gimp may be usable, but the ImageMagick toolbox with a shell script is likely to be a much better solution. See here for some examples wit text, http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/text/ while extenive image manipulation is shown here: http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/color/ (notet that you can even describe mathematically what you want...) Cheers, Damien. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] text on circle-path, change direction
martinz wrote: How can I make the letters of the text point to the middle of the circle/path?? Change the sign of the fill angle to change the direction the letters will appear around the circle as well as whether they point towards the center of the circle or away from the center. hi kevin! you idea seems to be very good. but I cant find this fill angle control (I am pretty new to gimp). please give me a quick advise. I have the path and then I type in a text. In the text menu I can change -font, -size, -orientation (left, right, block, center) - hinting, auto, ... - distance bitween letters, lines and space of 1st line - button to apply text to path (which I use!) nothing more. so where can I change the fill angle? I also tried to make a text and mirror it vertically or horizontally. but then it seems to be not text anymore and I cant klick the apply to path button. ... thx for help! p.s. sorry if my button/menu-ids are not the same than yours. I use the german version of gimp and just translated the meaning. -- martinz (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] text on circle-path, change direction
martinz wrote: but I cant find this fill angle control (I am pretty new to gimp). please give me a quick advise. I have the path and then I type in a text. In the text menu I can change -font, -size, -orientation (left, right, block, center) - hinting, auto, ... - distance bitween letters, lines and space of 1st line - button to apply text to path (which I use!) I think you are looking at the wrong script when you listed the parameters. The Text Circle script (Text im Kreis …) has 7 parameters. The one to change is the fourth parameter (which is the third number) called Fill Angle (Füllwinkel). ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] text on circle-path, change direction
martinz wrote: but I cant find this fill angle control (I am pretty new to gimp). please give me a quick advise. I have the path and then I type in a text. In the text menu I can change -font, -size, -orientation (left, right, block, center) - hinting, auto, ... - distance bitween letters, lines and space of 1st line - button to apply text to path (which I use!) I think you are looking at the wrong script when you listed the parameters. The Text Circle script (Text im Kreis ...) has 7 parameters. The one to change is the fourth parameter (which is the third number) called Fill Angle (Fullwinkel). a. got it! I used not the script but the path/text tool from the main tool-window. thanks a lot!! -- martinz (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] text on circle-path, change direction
hi @ all! I have a little question about text on a path. If I make a circle and put a text on its path, then the head of the letters will point outside the circles center. How can I make the letters of the text point to the middle of the circle/path?? thx for help! best regards, martin -- martinz (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] text on circle-path, change direction
martinz wrote: How can I make the letters of the text point to the middle of the circle/path?? Change the sign of the fill angle to change the direction the letters will appear around the circle as well as whether they point towards the center of the circle or away from the center. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Text to Path.,..add color
I have found the simple answer and I post it for anyone that might, like myself, have over looked the obvious. Ignore the Tool Box and click Select and in the Drop Menu choose From Path. Choose the color, select the fill tool and click once on the text, you'll see the ants marching when the tect is selected. Thank you, Bill. I tried many way to accomplish this and it appears your solution is the only one viable. -- Mark (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Text tool options menu, where is it?
Gene Heskett writes: Greetings; My text font size is microscopic, and the help shows an option menu that lets me adjust that, but I'll be a monkey's uncle if I can find it. Anybody know where it wandered off to in gimp-2.6.6 as supplied with Fedora 10? You should have a text size button in Tool Options. See Figure 13.170 in the online GIMP manual, http://docs.gimp.org/2.6/en/gimp-tool-text.html If you've closed your Tool Options somehow (normally it's docked under the Toolbox), Windows-Dockable Dialogs-Tool Options should bring it back. ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Text tool options menu, where is it?
On Friday 12 March 2010, Akkana Peck wrote: Gene Heskett writes: Greetings; My text font size is microscopic, and the help shows an option menu that lets me adjust that, but I'll be a monkey's uncle if I can find it. Anybody know where it wandered off to in gimp-2.6.6 as supplied with Fedora 10? You should have a text size button in Tool Options. See Figure 13.170 in the online GIMP manual, http://docs.gimp.org/2.6/en/gimp-tool-text.html If you've closed your Tool Options somehow (normally it's docked under the Toolbox), Windows-Dockable Dialogs-Tool Options should bring it back. That seems to have worked, at the expense of it's occupying some screen area full time, and I wasn't aware it was tool context sensitive, neat!. And its still there after closing and reopening Gimp. Thank you very much, both you and Dick -- Cheers, Gene There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order. -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Grinnell's Law of Labor Laxity: At all times, for any task, you have not got enough done today. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Text tool options menu, where is it?
Greetings; My text font size is microscopic, and the help shows an option menu that lets me adjust that, but I'll be a monkey's uncle if I can find it. Anybody know where it wandered off to in gimp-2.6.6 as supplied with Fedora 10? Thanks. -- Cheers, Gene There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order. -Ed Howdershelt (Author) No spitting on the Bus! Thank you, The Mgt. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Text looks rough
When I make a web banner that is only text it looks great in GIMP and in my web page maker. When I put it up on the web the text looks rough like someone cut it out with a jig saw. I use the banner in JPG format or GIF format and the results are the same. Any ideas how to fix it? ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Text looks rough
RSA - On esuggestion: Be sure you create the banner and its text at a high enough image resolution. It may be rendered as fuzzy or jagged if the text's bit-image is enlarged substantially for printing or viewing (in contrast to vector-based graphics). I had this problem when I started out. - John Mills On Tue, 26 Jan 2010, RSA wrote: When I make a web banner that is only text it looks great in GIMP and in my web page maker. When I put it up on the web the text looks rough like someone cut it out with a jig saw. I use the banner in JPG format or GIF format and the results are the same. Any ideas how to fix it? ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Text looks rough
Thanks. I thought there was some relationship between px size and final result but figured I was doing something wrong. On 10-01-26 09:54 AM, John Mills wrote: RSA - On esuggestion: Be sure you create the banner and its text at a high enough image resolution. It may be rendered as fuzzy or jagged if the text's bit-image is enlarged substantially for printing or viewing (in contrast to vector-based graphics). I had this problem when I started out. - John Mills On Tue, 26 Jan 2010, RSA wrote: When I make a web banner that is only text it looks great in GIMP and in my web page maker. When I put it up on the web the text looks rough like someone cut it out with a jig saw. I use the banner in JPG format or GIF format and the results are the same. Any ideas how to fix it? ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Text looks rough
On Tuesday 26 January 2010 15:35:45 RSA wrote: When I make a web banner that is only text it looks great in GIMP and in my web page maker. When I put it up on the web the text looks rough like someone cut it out with a jig saw. I use the banner in JPG format or GIF format and the results are the same. Does this really also happen when you have a file that's never been saved to gif, i.e. has never been downgraded to 256 colors? Daniel signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Text looks rough
On 01/26/2010 01:07 PM, Daniel Hornung wrote: On Tuesday 26 January 2010 15:35:45 RSA wrote: When I make a web banner that is only text it looks great in GIMP and in my web page maker. When I put it up on the web the text looks rough like someone cut it out with a jig saw. I use the banner in JPG format or GIF format and the results are the same. Does this really also happen when you have a file that's never been saved to gif, i.e. has never been downgraded to 256 colors? Yes. It happens in both JPG and GIF. What I do to solve the problem is make the PX count large using GIMP and then shrink it down on my webpage maker and it works out nicely. Translated- it shouldn't have to be this way. Daniel ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Text on Curved Path onto Imported jpeg Image
Hi to all Gimp users. I have a question which is how to get text onto a curved path, created by Bezier tool and onto imported jpeg image, so the image is fine for GIMP. I just can't seem to do it and the following are the steps I do. I've also tried to do it onto a transparent layer, then merge down, I've tried anchoring the text onto the imported image. I've been sitting up until 3am in the morning and am ready to tear my hair out. I go to File and open the imported jpeg image to be worked on. It's a curved ebook cover so I wish to text in its title. I create a curved path with Bezier tool from the tool box. I then click the 'A' text symbol in the tool box. Making sure the text box is created above the path. I type in the text knowing I can change the color later. Then I go to the menu on the horizontal bar and I think its the layers tab I click on that then click 'Text Along Path'. I now have the pinkish fuzzy appearance in the now curved text. I get rid of the original source text by going to windowsDockable DialogsLayers and then on the text layer I click on the eye icon and the source text goes away. Then I get rid of the dotted yellow lines around near the original text by 'View' 'Show Layer Boundary' and the dotted yellow lines disappear. I then go to 'Select' and click on 'From Path' It is here I get the marching ants. I then go to the tool box and select the larger of the two squares so I can choose a color for the text, so it's the foreground color box. I select the color, then go to the 'Edit' tab on the horizontal bar and click 'Fill with FG color'. Gutys you wouldn't beleive it but I get this stripey pinkish/bluish/ whitish striped lines within the text and no even blue color which is the color I selected from the Foreground box. If anyone can help I'll be feeling really grateful. I really enjoy GIMP and have made it my business to try and learn as much as possible about it. Thanks Guys. Janice28. -- Janice28 (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Text on Curved Path onto Imported jpeg Image
add a new layer. then select-from path. Then take a bucket tool and give the color. -- Ramana (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Text on Curved Path onto Imported jpeg Image
Hi ramana Thanks for your help re putting text on curved path in GIMP. You say to add a new layer then select from path and use the bucket tool to give the color. ramana what I need to know is when do I add the new layer. If you look at the steps I took in my initial request for help,would I add the new layer after getting rid of the dotted yellow lines? Meaning after ViewShow Layer Boundary then add a new transparent layer? If I have a new transparent layer, how is the software going to know to select the now curved text when it's under a transperant layer? If you can help thanks. Janice28 -- Janice R. L. (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Text entry-keyboard captured as shortcuts
The text tool is still a work in progress, as everything in GIMP 2.7. I guess the current state has not been merged to the git master. as for now you need to select the text layer in the layers dialog, then click the text on the canvas. No cursor is shown, but you can remove and write text. you can also double click a word to select it. There are some more bugs currently i guess... If text sunndely disappears or is duplicated you can use CTRL+Z to undo it and continue the work then. I certainly understand and expect a few problems when I install the unstable version of the software. I had (I believe) downloaded the necessary files from GetDeb when I originally installed 2.7 on my 9.04 version of UbuntuStudio. It seemed to be working fine as late as last weekend, except that the text on canvas box would grey out and hide your typing. Then, Ubuntu tempted me to upgrade, and, in the process, I broke my install. I had already downloaded the US DVD, so decided to upgrade to 9.10. Then, found that things have changed over at GetDeb, so that I had to get Gimp 2.7 via another method. I don't know if it's slightly different, or if there is something about UbuntuStudio 9.10 that is slightly different, or if I'm doing something wrong. Fortunately, 2.6 runs just fine, and I can certainly live with it until these problems, whatever their source, get resolved. Thanks for the replies. Caruso -- Carusoswi (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Text entry-keyboard captured as shortcuts
Oh, one more thing, how can I enter text the old way instead of using the on canvas option? I've made this selection, but don't remember how I got there. I believe the on-canvas text editing is the default for GIMP 2.7. If you prefer the old way you can select Use Editor in the options of the Text tool. You can also tell GIMP to save tool options on exit to make this the default for you. However, I cannot test this on my Windows installation, because each time I click to put text GIMP crashes. But this is a development release, so I somehow guess this is already fixed in a next release. I guess I should install GIMP 2.7 on Ubuntu (from Git) to see how this feature is supposed to work. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Text entry-keyboard captured as shortcuts
Oh, one more thing, how can I enter text the old way instead of using the on canvas option? I've made this selection, but don't remember how I got there. I believe the on-canvas text editing is the default for GIMP 2.7. If you prefer the old way you can select Use Editor in the options of the Text tool. You can also tell GIMP to save tool options on exit to make this the default for you. However, I cannot test this on my Windows installation, because each time I click to put text GIMP crashes. But this is a development release, so I somehow guess this is already fixed in a next release. I guess I should install GIMP 2.7 on Ubuntu (from Git) to see how this feature is supposed to work. The text tool is still a work in progress, as everything in GIMP 2.7. I guess the current state has not been merged to the git master. as for now you need to select the text layer in the layers dialog, then click the text on the canvas. No cursor is shown, but you can remove and write text. you can also double click a word to select it. There are some more bugs currently i guess... If text sunndely disappears or is duplicated you can use CTRL+Z to undo it and continue the work then. -- Bernhard S. (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Text entry-keyboard captured as shortcuts
I don't know how else to express it, but I'm running a fresh install of Gimp 2.7.1. The freshness because I just installed Ubuntu-Studio as a fresh install, so had to install 2.7.1 also freshly. Everything appears to be working except that when I want to enter text, I select the text tool with my mouse pointer, draw a box on the canvas, I can double click in the box, but no insertion cursor appears. Further, if I try to type anything, other tools are highlighted (letter E activates the elipse selection tool, for example). What am I doing wrong? Thanks. Oh, one more thing, how can I enter text the old way instead of using the on canvas option? I've made this selection, but don't remember how I got there. Caruso -- Carusoswi (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Text outline and shadow
Please show me how to outline text and vary the thickness of the outline. Please also show me how to add a shadow and can direction and length be altered? camlad (Impatient newbie who has not found his way round the help files!) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Text outline and shadow
Please show me how to outline text and vary the thickness of the outline. Please also show me how to add a shadow and can direction and length be altered? 1. Create your text 2. Layer-text to selection 3. Fill with background color 4. Edit-Stroke selection 5. Filters-Light and shadow-Drop shadow Use the rotate too to rotate the layer Length? Not sure what you are thinking, but lets say NO -- Owen ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Text outline and shadow
Owen wrote: Please show me how to outline text and vary the thickness of the outline. Please also show me how to add a shadow and can direction and length be altered? 1. Create your text 2. Layer-text to selection 3. Fill with background color 4. Edit-Stroke selection 5. Filters-Light and shadow-Drop shadow Use the rotate too to rotate the layer Length? Not sure what you are thinking, but lets say NO Perhaps the drop shadow is not what you wanted? If you want a shadow as from a light source behind you, duplicate the layer, shear the duplicate layer in X, fill it with the shadow color you desire, move it below the text layer, and then align the bottom edge of the shadow letters with those on the text layer. You can adjust the length by simple scaling. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Text Tool - No Centering option?
hey, I'm new to using GIMP and love it so far... I can't seem to figure out how to center several lines of text within the same text box. I've had to add a spaces before each line of text and center every line by eyeballing it... And sometimes it is easier to seperate the text box into several text boxes and line them up by eyeballing them (though I do know there is a object centering tool. I used it a couple times but it seemed really difficult... I know GIMP is not a word processesor but cetnering text doesn't seem to be that hard of a task to ask for in a text tool... Thanks. Happily GIMPing, D. Brian Weese ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Text Tool - No Centering option?
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 6:03 PM, Brian Weese dbwe...@gmail.com wrote: hey, I'm new to using GIMP and love it so far... I can't seem to figure out how to center several lines of text within the Look in the Tool Options dialog while typing the text - there are justification options there... Chris ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Text Tool - No Centering option?
Hi Brian! On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 9:33 AM, Brian Weese dbwe...@gmail.com wrote: hey, I'm new to using GIMP and love it so far... I can't seem to figure out how to center several lines of text within the same text box. I've had to add a spaces before each line of text and center every line by eyeballing it... And sometimes it is easier to seperate the text box into several text boxes and line them up by eyeballing them (though I do know there is a object centering tool. I used it a couple times but it seemed really difficult... I know GIMP is not a word processesor but cetnering text doesn't seem to be that hard of a task to ask for in a text tool... Rendering the text centrally is an option found in the tool options dialog for the text tool. David ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Text tool
I'd like to add to Chris Mohler's comment about centering text. I am having trouble with the text tool also. I have a graphic that contains an animated GIF, an un-animated .JPEG and text. It is perfect the way it is. But I want to copy it and change the color of the text to use against a different background in Incredimail's Letter Creator. I have been unable to get the color to change and now my copy of the original has the text blinking instead of steady. I can get the text tool box open, but I can't get the text selected in order to apply what I have in the tool box. Also, the tool box won't keep the color change; it keeps reverting back to the original color. I'm running Windows XP SP2 with Firefox. Thanks for any help you can give me. Maureen Arnold ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Text to Path.,..add color
I am designing lightscriibe disk covers and high contrast is required. I'm designing on Gimp 2.6.3 and as of this point I am doing my Text Along Path, as per the most offered tutorial. The problem is that on a white background ff ff ff and for the contrast use Absolute Black, 00 00 00. When I used the Text Along Path it placed a ghost of my text there and step six or the tutorial, add new layer and use paint bucket to fill, does nothing to color my text, just the outline is there and will not print, nor is it in the saved png. The only method I have come up with is to create each letter with the Text tool, one at a time. Having the letter I then need to move it into place and to rotate it until it fills the outline and it is just to difficult to accomplish. I have found a Photo Shop template of circle text where both the top and the botom have the text pointed up and running left to right but I cannot figure out how to edit it. -- Bill T. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Text to Path.,..add color
Hi, On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 17:58 +0100, Bill T. wrote: The only method I have come up with is to create each letter with the Text tool, one at a time. Having the letter I then need to move it into place and to rotate it until it fills the outline and it is just to difficult to accomplish. Have you tried Image/File/Create/Logos/Text Circle ? Sven ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Text to Path.,..add color
I have found the simple answer and I post it for anyone that might, like myself, have over looked the obvious. Ignore the Tool Box and click Select and in the Drop Menu choose From Path. Choose the color, select the fill tool and click once on the text, you'll see the ants marching when the tect is selected. -- Bill T. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Text Circle
Michael J. Hammel wrote: On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 03:18 +, minim...@wi.rr.com wrote: Does anyone know where I can get the script for the text-circle in 2.4, that works with 2.6? File-Create-Logos-Text Cirle Wow, great! Can this kind of effect be adjusted after it's been created? I've never even noticed all those options in File-Create. I guess 'create' suggests they're meant to be a starting point, so maybe they can't be adjusted afterwards. Hm? Are there any other ways to get similar effects with text, perhaps by fitting text to a path or something? Cheers- ((and thanks to the 6 or 7 of you who gave me a weeks worth of play with your answers to my 'replacing colors' question. double cheers!)) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Text Circle
Michael J. Hammel wrote: On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 03:18 +, minim...@wi.rr.com wrote: Does anyone know where I can get the script for the text-circle in 2.4, that works with 2.6? File-Create-Logos-Text Cirle Wow, great! Can this kind of effect be adjusted after it's been created? I've never even noticed all those options in File-Create. I guess 'create' suggests they're meant to be a starting point, so maybe they can't be adjusted afterwards. Hm? Are there any other ways to get similar effects with text, perhaps by fitting text to a path or something? File-New image, select default Click on Text tool Type some text Now look under 'Layer' in the menu See if you can work it out from there Owen ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Text Circle
Does anyone know where I can get the script for the text-circle in 2.4, that works with 2.6? ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Text Circle
On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 03:18 +, minim...@wi.rr.com wrote: Does anyone know where I can get the script for the text-circle in 2.4, that works with 2.6? File-Create-Logos-Text Cirle -- Michael J. Hammel mjham...@graphics-muse.org / http://www.graphics-muse.org -- Force has no place where there is need of skill. -- Herodotus; Book 3, Ch. 127 ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] text color
Hi! Click with the text-tool on the text-layer to activate it and look at the settings - there you can change the color. hope this helps, tina Von: schoappied schoapp...@gmail.com Datum: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 22:10:51 +0100 An: Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU Betreff: [Gimp-user] text color Hi, How do I change the inserted text color? Thanks, \s ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] text color
Am Freitag, den 12.12.2008, 22:10 +0100 schrieb schoappied: Hi, How do I change the inserted text color? http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-tool-text.html Regards, Tobias ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] text color
Hi, How do I change the inserted text color? Thanks, \s ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Text-in-stitches on GIMP
Peter Saffrey wrote: I'm a fairly new GIMP user. Be gentle. I'd like to duplicate the effect described in this Photoshop tutorial: http://pshero.com/archives/text-in-stitches The critical part of this is selecting a path from text and using a custom brush to draw along this path. Once I've got this working, I can fiddle around with the background and brush type to make it look pretty. You'll want to take a look at the screencast at http://meetthegimp.org/episode-065-roaring-16-bit/; around minute 12 it explains how to go from a text to a path and how to use this path. I've got as far as adding some text and turning this into a path using Layer-Text to path. I can then do stroke path with a brush of my choice. However, I can't work out how to adjust some of the more complex options, such as the direction of brushing and the distance between brush strokes, as described in steps 8 and 9 of the tutorial. How do I do this in the GIMP? If I'm successful, I guess I'll write this up in a blog post. Peter ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Text-in-stitches on GIMP
I'm a fairly new GIMP user. Be gentle. I'd like to duplicate the effect described in this Photoshop tutorial: http://pshero.com/archives/text-in-stitches The critical part of this is selecting a path from text and using a custom brush to draw along this path. Once I've got this working, I can fiddle around with the background and brush type to make it look pretty. I've got as far as adding some text and turning this into a path using Layer-Text to path. I can then do stroke path with a brush of my choice. However, I can't work out how to adjust some of the more complex options, such as the direction of brushing and the distance between brush strokes, as described in steps 8 and 9 of the tutorial. How do I do this in the GIMP? If I'm successful, I guess I'll write this up in a blog post. Peter ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Text-in-stitches on GIMP
Am Sonntag, den 19.10.2008, 17:17 + schrieb Peter Saffrey: I'm a fairly new GIMP user. Be gentle. I'd like to duplicate the effect described in this Photoshop tutorial: http://pshero.com/archives/text-in-stitches I haven't looked to long into this tutorial, but I just remembered that I had seen a similar screencast for Inkscape here: http://screencasters.heathenx.org/episode-071/ Perhaps this helps. Regards, Tobias ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Text-in-stitches on GIMP
On Sun, 2008-10-19 at 17:17 +, Peter Saffrey wrote: I'd like to duplicate the effect described in this Photoshop tutorial: http://pshero.com/archives/text-in-stitches I've got as far as adding some text and turning this into a path using Layer-Text to path. I can then do stroke path with a brush of my choice. However, I can't work out how to adjust some of the more complex options, such as the direction of brushing and the distance between brush strokes, as described in steps 8 and 9 of the tutorial. How do I do this in the GIMP? You'll want to create a GIMP Brush Pipe for this. In the brush dialog, open the Pencil Sketch brush as an image (right click on the brush icon in the dialog to get a menu for that). Delete all but two layers. Make one layer a left to right slant and the other a right to left slant (this effectively removes the brush shape from the original brush). Save the image as a brush pipe to your .gimp/brushes directory using .gih as the suffix for the filename. A dialog will open that allows you to configure the brush characteristics. Set the spacing to 50 percent (or whatever you feel appropriate), the number of cells to 2 and the first entry for Ranks to 2 and Angular. Put Stitch in the Description so you can find this brush later. Save the changes and then reload your brushes dialog. Look for the new Stich entry. Stroke your path using this brush. You'll have to play with the size of the brush. You may need to make multiple versions at different sizes to get the right effect. I'm not positive this will be exactly what you want, but it's the correct basic process for creating a brush that you need to perform this effect. Good luck. -- Michael J. Hammel [EMAIL PROTECTED] / http://www.graphics-muse.org -- Revenge is an integral part of forgiving and forgetting. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Text-in-stitches on GIMP
The biggest problem is to manage the brush orientation. Having a brush with the same image oriented differently in each layer don't really help. Of course you can link the orientation with the a tablet pressure, but it's not practical and don't help for path stroking. For now, as far as I know, the only way would br to create 8 brush 0? 45? 90? 135? 180? 225? 270? 305? and to use them with a pen tool alternatively around the letters :( Inkscape is more suitable for this job ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Text-in-stitches on GIMP
Hi, On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 5:58 AM, Philippe D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The biggest problem is to manage the brush orientation. Why? Doesn't it work to link the orientation with 'angle' parameter? David ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Text
Lap1994 wrote: Can I change the size of a text while tipying it? Eg: Here a small text 12pt, and here a big one 86pt, in the same text-layer You can't mix text attributes in one entry box yet. I say yet as there is a GSoC project to enhance the text tool. However, an enhanced text tool won't be generally available until sometime after 2.6 has been released (ie. probably not until 2.8 or possibly later). -- Cheers! Kevin. http://www.ve3syb.ca/ |What are we going to do today, Borg? Owner of Elecraft K2 #2172 |Same thing we always do, Pinkutus: | Try to assimilate the world! #include disclaimer/favourite | -Pinkutus the Borg ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Text
Can I change the size of a text while tipying it? Eg: Here a small text 12pt, and here a big one 86pt, in the same text-layer Or change the style of the font. Eg: Here is bold, and here italic, here is normal, in the same text-layer Or the color. Eg: Red, White, Blue, Black, Gray, Purple, again, in the same text-layer Thanks ^^ -- Check my gallery! http://lap1994.deviantart.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Text
Can I change the size of a text while tipying it? Eg: Here a small text 12pt, and here a big one 86pt, in the same text-layer Or change the style of the font. Eg: Here is bold, and here italic, here is normal, in the same text-layer Or the color. Eg: Red, White, Blue, Black, Gray, Purple, again, in the same text-layer No, as far as I know. Use different layers for different style fonts/sizes/colours Owen ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Text not scaling in gimp.
Hi, I am a new user to Gimp release 2.2.8. I have started using the text feature in Gimp. How can I make gimp scale the text to the size I want it? It just stays the same size on screen no matter how much editing I do with the tool options box. Help much appreciated. Leanne ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Text not scaling in gimp.
On Sunday 04 June 2006 11:33 pm, Sharon Diehm wrote: Hi, I am a new user to Gimp release 2.2.8. I have started using the text feature in Gimp. How can I make gimp scale the text to the size I want it? It just stays the same size on screen no matter how much editing I do with the tool options box. Help much appreciated. Hi Leanne, If you had tried changing the font size on the tool options, so it is a problem with the specific font you are using. Some kinds of fonts simply do not scale withthe mechanisms The GIMP uses. Try with other fonts. If that works, and you need some specific font that does not scale, you may try to find its file on the disk and convert it to some other type of font file. Leanne ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] text bending
Is there a way to bend lines of text or just stripes in GIMP? I need to make text go around a circle. -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] text bending
--- Vytautas Povilaitis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a way to bend lines of text or just stripes in GIMP? I need to make text go around a circle. I'm a newbie with the GIMP, but you can do that in OpenOffice Draw which is more of a design and create type tool, while the GIMP seems to me to be more about retouching, curve correction, and the like. HTH Cheers, Simon You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions. Naguib Mahfouz __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] text bending
On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 07:06:21AM -0800, Simon Roberts wrote: --- Vytautas Povilaitis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a way to bend lines of text or just stripes in GIMP? I need to make text go around a circle. I'm a newbie with the GIMP, but you can do that in OpenOffice Draw which is more of a design and create type tool, while the GIMP seems to me to be more about retouching, curve correction, and the like. interesting. i would like to know if Vytautas Povilaitis had open office installed and i would also like to know what other graphics this office software can draw. it is nice to have volunteers from the other apps show up to point out their software here, we don't get near enough of it. carol ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] text bending
On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 04:55:28PM +0200, Vytautas Povilaitis wrote: Is there a way to bend lines of text or just stripes in GIMP? I need to make text go around a circle. Toolbox/Xtns/Script-fu/Logos/Text Circle for gimp-2.2 Toolbox/Xtns/Logos/Text Circle for gimp-2.3 also, gimp-2.3 has a text to path option in the text tool options and all gimps since gimp-1.2 have Image/Filters/Distorts/CurveBend carol ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] text bending
Wow, that's it. Thank you Carol. On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:22:50 +0200, Carol Spears [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 04:55:28PM +0200, Vytautas Povilaitis wrote: Is there a way to bend lines of text or just stripes in GIMP? I need to make text go around a circle. Toolbox/Xtns/Script-fu/Logos/Text Circle for gimp-2.2 Toolbox/Xtns/Logos/Text Circle for gimp-2.3 also, gimp-2.3 has a text to path option in the text tool options and all gimps since gimp-1.2 have Image/Filters/Distorts/CurveBend carol -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] text bending
--- Carol Spears [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm a newbie with the GIMP, but you can do that in OpenOffice Draw which is more of a design and create type tool ... interesting. i would like to know if Vytautas Povilaitis had open office installed and i would also like to know what other graphics this office software can draw. it is nice to have volunteers from the other apps show up to point out their software here, we don't get near enough of it. OOo Draw has capabilities/approach broadly comparable to Adobe Illustrator, and as such might be considered complimentary (it's certainly not competitive!) with the GIMP. It does vector drawing, scalable stuff, layout, text, shapes, 3D, and that kind of thing. I used the two together, for example to create Christmas cards. GIMP took my photos, cleaned them up, removed background and trees growing out of heads, while the layout as a card, with pretty text curving round, borders, and stuff like that was done after importing the GIMP output into Draw. There are some really cool tricks, like taking a font, and turning it into a 3D shape with depth, rotating it to produce solids and other freakish things. I can't say I've found a use for them yet, but they're intriguing all the same :) See openoffice.org, getopenoffice.org (and probably a bunch of others I don't know about). Cheers, Simon You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions. Naguib Mahfouz __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] text decoration
Hey guys, I was wondering, is there a way to style text like you can in photoshop ie add gradients, patterns, outlines, etc? probably a retarded question but asking anyways :P thanks! ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] text decoration
On Sat, 2006-01-14 at 20:59 -0800, Alan Wolfe wrote: Hey guys, I was wondering, is there a way to style text like you can in photoshop ie add gradients, patterns, outlines, etc? Oodles of ways, actually. Start by selecting the text. If it's on its own layer, try alpha to selection. Once it's selected, you can fill it with patterns, gradients, or whatever else suits your fancy. For more information, check out the tutorials at http://www.gimp.org or http://http://gug.sunsite.dk/? page=tutorialsPHPSESSID=8cd86ef0b5a6b689d501fdc95faf7905 For more examples, look at the script-fu source for the various logos. HTH -- Jeff ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Text on transparent background
Greetings, I'm a Gimp newbie and I'm trying to create my company 'black text' logo on a transparent background and save it as a jpg to be used on my web site. I would like the black text to float above the background images on my site allowing the background image to show around the text. I'm doing fine with the whole process except the transparancy issue. Every time I try this I end up with my text logo on a white background. How do I get a transparent background when saving to a jpg format? Thank you in advance? Steve Croteau ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Text on transparent background
I'm a Gimp newbie and I'm trying to create my company 'black text' logo on a transparent background and save it as a jpg to be used on my web site. Transparency and jpg are (AFAIK) a contradiction - jpg doesn't support transparency. I'm doing fine with the whole process except the transparancy issue. Every time I try this I end up with my text logo on a white background. How do I get a transparent background when saving to a jpg format? Use a different file format (e.g. png or gif support transparency - where png's transparency is not fully supported by Internet Explorer, IE only uses transparency in png in indexed mode) Andreas ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Text on transparent background
On Sunday 10 July 2005 3:25 pm, Andreas Waechter wrote: I'm a Gimp newbie and I'm trying to create my company 'black text' logo on a transparent background and save it as a jpg to be used on my web site. Transparency and jpg are (AFAIK) a contradiction - jpg doesn't support transparency. I'm doing fine with the whole process except the transparancy issue. Every time I try this I end up with my text logo on a white background. How do I get a transparent background when saving to a jpg format? Use a different file format (e.g. png or gif support transparency - where png's transparency is not fully supported by Internet Explorer, IE only uses transparency in png in indexed mode) Andreas ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user Andreas, Thank you so much!! So just to sure I understand: 1) Don't save to jpg because it doesn't support transparency. 2) Use gif or png instead. 3) To be polite to Win users, if using a png format - change mode to indexed. Correct? Steve ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Text on transparent background
On Sun, Jul 10, 2005 at 03:16:05PM -0700, Steve Croteau wrote: Greetings, I'm a Gimp newbie and I'm trying to create my company 'black text' logo on a transparent background and save it as a jpg to be used on my web site. ?I would like the black text to float above the background images on my site allowing the background image to show around the text. ? I'm doing fine with the whole process except the transparancy issue. ?Every time I try this I end up with my text logo on a white background. ?How do I get a transparent background when saving to a jpg format? you don't. jpegs were not designed to handle transparency. try png. all of the colors of jpegs and tranparency as well. carol ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Text on transparent background
Steve Croteau wrote: 1)Don't save to jpg because it doesn't support transparency. 2)Use gif or png instead. 3)To be polite to Win users, if using a png format - change mode to indexed. s/Win/IE/, but otherwise correct. Michael -- The GIMP http://www.gimp.org | IRC: irc://irc.gimp.org/gimp Wiki http://wiki.gimp.org | .de: http://gimpforum.de Plug-ins http://registry.gimp.org | ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Text along Path.
On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 06:06:16AM +0200, nuno alexandre wrote: On Mon, 2005-06-13 at 20:01 -0700, Carol Spears wrote: well, i got the hard parts done -- a lot more quickly than i thought i would be able to. first i made a path using the pathtool, then i used the text tool to make some text. in the tool options there is a button for text along a path. it was simple, all i did was use this button and the text did the correct thing, as a path. i changed the path into a selection and filled it. wait a minute ... can you describe in a more sensible way the steps required to make that ? Im using TheGimp 2.2.7 on Gnu/linux and the button I have is called: Create path from text, however when i press that button nothing happens- That is the text doesn't follow the path i made before. Im doing this: 1) New image 400x400 white bg 2) Create Path - round mountain shaped 3) Enter some text 4) choose Create path from text from the text tools the error is in 4) of your steps. i am curious which version of gimp has the Text along path button, it might be new. perhaps you should try the recent developers version: ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v2.3/ i find the unstable version to be very stable; it is weird how software is that way -- at least this free stuff i use. stable distributions can be more unstable since no one really cares about it anymore, for instance. -#- At this point I have: a) a white background layer + a text layer b) 2 paths - 1) the text I wrote 2) The path I.ve drew 5) change Path to selection ( the path I drew?) 6) ?!? If you have the time and patience to explain it - thanks, otherwise ill keep trying. i have the patience :) i think the problem is that you do not have the button. also, if you are worried about problems with the unstable version, it might actually be in your better interests to see about using the cvs version. once you can build a gimp, it is usually easy to take the few extra steps to build the cvs version. what you get from the extra effort is that any problems you find will probably get fixed; if the developers agree with you that it is a problem. also, i like the quote that i deleted from both of these emails. carol ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Text along Path.
On Tue, 2005-06-14 at 08:23 +0200, nuno alexandre wrote: i am curious which version of gimp has the Text along path button, it might be new. perhaps you should try the recent developers version: ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v2.3/ I'm using version 2.2.7 which in the one in Gentoo portage for amd64 unstable branch. ( ~amd64 ) Hello there! This functionality indeed appears to only be in 2.3. If you want to have a little more interactive control on how the text is placed on the curve, I really suggest using Inkscape (http://inkscape.org) and import back to GIMP. cheers -- Jakub Steiner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Novell, Inc. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Text along Path.
On Tue, 2005-06-14 at 12:55 +0200, Jakub Steiner wrote: Hello there! This functionality indeed appears to only be in 2.3. If you want to have a little more interactive control on how the text is placed on the curve, I really suggest using Inkscape (http://inkscape.org) and import back to GIMP. cheers Hi, yeah - I installed the 2.3 version and played with it for a while, and the text to path thing 'kinda' works, although there is a lot left to desire.(disappointment) I think I'll follow your recommendation, use Inkscape more often for my graphic needs - i already have it installed, but don't use it often. thanks for the input : nuno -- Non-free programs are dangerous to you and to your community. Don't let them get a place in your life. - RMS ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Text along Path.
Hi, Is there some way to achieve this with TheGimp ? http://www.ultraweaver.com/tutorials/textalongpath/index.htm thanks nuno -- Non-free programs are dangerous to you and to your community. Don't let them get a place in your life. - RMS ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Text along Path.
On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 04:01:27AM +0200, nuno alexandre wrote: Is there some way to achieve this with TheGimp ? http://www.ultraweaver.com/tutorials/textalongpath/index.htm well, i got the hard parts done -- a lot more quickly than i thought i would be able to. first i made a path using the pathtool, then i used the text tool to make some text. in the tool options there is a button for text along a path. it was simple, all i did was use this button and the text did the correct thing, as a path. i changed the path into a selection and filled it. to get the other part of the effect, the perspective tool worked as you would expect it to. i left my layers and paths intact within the xcf: http://carol.gimp.org/files/text-along-path.xcf it could have been more neatly done and also finished -- but the basic effect is there and the rest of the image can be made if you look at some of the beginners tutorials located at www.gimp.org. thanks for showing me the url! carol ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Text along Path.
nuno alexandre wrote: Hi, Is there some way to achieve this with TheGimp ? http://www.ultraweaver.com/tutorials/textalongpath/index.htm thanks nuno 'Curve Bend' under filters can do a similar effect, but I think you'll want Inkscape (Inkscape.org) to do it right. You can export a raster image from Inkscape and open it with the Gimp for further editing. EP ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Text tool
Hi, Alexander Rabtchevich [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've looked through the discussion on the next GIMP release in the development list. :) Are there any plans on adding the features the text tool don't have compared to freetype plugin (spacing, transformations). While the transformations are available via tools, there is the bug at least in the latest build for Windows (2.2.1) that after editing the text being transformed before it loses the transformations. Yes, transformations will be added for GIMP 2.4. It's already almost working in my tree, I only haven't had enough free time at hand yet to complete it. Spacing on the other hand is difficult to implement and depends on features being added to Pango. There's a bug report about it in case you are interested in the details. Sven ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Text tool
I've looked through the discussion on the next GIMP release in the development list. :) Are there any plans on adding the features the text tool don't have compared to freetype plugin (spacing, transformations). While the transformations are available via tools, there is the bug at least in the latest build for Windows (2.2.1) that after editing the text being transformed before it loses the transformations. -- With respect Alexander Rabtchevich ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] text tool crash (bug 154144 ?)
Mandrake 10 Community I was using the gimp2_0-2.0.4-1mdk.i586.rpm that came with the above distro without any problems. I then upgraded to gimp-2.0.5 (tar.bz2). Now the text tool causes Gimp to crash after either one or two keystrokes. If it crashes after the second, the first letter I type appears on the image but not in the editing box. Where do I go from here? Back? TIA, Andrew ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Fwd: Re: [Gimp-user] Text tool problem]
Hi! As I said before, I have a serious problem with the text tool: after selecting it and start typing anything, GIMP closes its windows and exits. Last time I wasn't able to answer every questions: Sven Neumann wrote: It would probably help to start gimp from an xterm (or whatever terminal emulator you prefer) and check if there's any output on the console. The output is the following: [EMAIL PROTECTED] trychydts]$ /usr/local/bin/gimp (gimp:2212): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid uninstantiatable type `invalid' in cast to `GimpConfigInterface' (gimp:2212): Gimp-Config-CRITICAL **: file gimpconfig-utils.c: line 300 (gimp_config_sync): assertion `GIMP_IS_CONFIG (src)' failed (gimp:2212): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: file gobject.c: line 1319 (g_object_ref): assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed (script-fu:2213): LibGimpBase-WARNING **: script-fu: wire_read(): error Segmentation fault (core dumped) I guess that your problem is a somewhat broken font that causes problems with the libraries that handle fonts for GIMP. Does this happen with whatever font you choose? I haven't tried all, beacause I have about 300 fonts installed, but it seems to be the case. What versions of freetype and fontconfig are you using? Freetype 1.3.1, fontconfig 2.2.1 Mark Balas ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Text tool problem
Hi! I have just started to use Gimp 2.0.5, under Mandrake Linux 10.0. I have a really serious problem with the text tool. If I do the following: 1. Start Gimp 2. Create a new image 3. Select the text tool 4. Click on the new image 5. Start typing any text Both the image window and Gimp closes without any warning after the first 1 to 3 letters. The text I type do not appear in the word processing window. Thanks for any help in andvance. Mark Balas -- Bals Mrk Blog, honlap: http://trychydts.freeblog.hu ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Text tool problem
Hi, Balas Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have just started to use Gimp 2.0.5, under Mandrake Linux 10.0. I have a really serious problem with the text tool. If I do the following: 1. Start Gimp 2. Create a new image 3. Select the text tool 4. Click on the new image 5. Start typing any text Both the image window and Gimp closes without any warning after the first 1 to 3 letters. The text I type do not appear in the word processing window. It would probably help to start gimp from an xterm (or whatever terminal emulator you prefer) and check if there's any output on the console. I guess that your problem is a somewhat broken font that causes problems with the libraries that handle fonts for GIMP. Does this happen with whatever font you choose? What versions of freetype and fontconfig are you using? Sven ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Text tool problem
Balas Mark wrote: Hi! I have just started to use Gimp 2.0.5, under Mandrake Linux 10.0. I have a really serious problem with the text tool. If I do the following: 1. Start Gimp 2. Create a new image 3. Select the text tool 4. Click on the new image 5. Start typing any text Both the image window and Gimp closes without any warning after the first 1 to 3 letters. The text I type do not appear in the word processing window. Long shot here, but was the 'word processing' window the current window? Or was it possible that GIMP was picking up what you were typing and took it as some command, say exit?? -- Until later, Geoffrey Registered Linux User #108567 ATT Certified UNIX System Programmer - 1995 ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Text effects in GIMP 2.0
Hi, David McClamrock [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In GIMP 1.2 (or even 1.0, with which I started), it was easy to produce a beveled text effect: just insert text, leave it selected, and apply a starburst (spherical), foreground-to-background gradient. Only the text itself was selected, not the box around it. GIMP 1.2 used to create text as a floating selection. A lot of users found this very inconvenient since they prefer text to reside on a dedicated layer. The GIMP 2.0 text tool creates a text layer. This has the advantage that the text stays editable (unless you apply an effect to it) and that you don't need to deal with floating selections which are considered annoying to work with. In GIMP 2.0 (on Mandrakelinux 10.0, from RPM package gimp2_0-2.0.0-2mdk), I'm not finding it obvious how to do the same thing. The selection includes not only the text itself but the surrounding box, and the gradient likewise covers the entire box, which I don't want. You can call Alpha to Selection to create a selection from the text. Are there some settings I can change to make GIMP 2.0 (otherwise a definite improvement over 1.2) work more like GIMP 1.2 in these respects? No, you can't. We could consider to add an option to have the text tool create a floating selection but I am not yet convinced that this would be useful enough to warrant the coding effort and the extra check button in the text tool options. Sven ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Text tool
Hello gimp-gurus, I am trying to create web navigation buttons with text on it. Of course I am using TheGimp for it, but I have a problem: The button should have a total height of 16 pixels and so I start with an empty image of that height. Every time I use the text tool the resulting text looks really ugly. I already have a running web page where the navigation bar is created of text links (only using the A tag) and the fonts rendered there are looking much better (using the same height of course) How can I create good readable font buttons? Thanks Ciao Michael --- Michael Wagner www.callacd.com - Ihr persönlicher Downloadservice ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Text tool
Hi, Michael Wagner [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am trying to create web navigation buttons with text on it. Of course I am using TheGimp for it, but I have a problem: The button should have a total height of 16 pixels and so I start with an empty image of that height. Every time I use the text tool the resulting text looks really ugly. What version of GIMP are you using? Your image is in RGB mode, isn't it? Sven ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re[2]: [Gimp-user] Text tool
Hallo, I am using version 2.0.4 on Windows; I have also tried the same thing on the same version on Linux (Knoppix-Hdd-Install to be exact). Viele Grüße Michael Wagner -- www.callacd.com - Ihr persönlicher Downloadservice === Thursday, September 23, 2004, 1:54:29 PM, you wrote: SN Hi, SN Michael Wagner [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am trying to create web navigation buttons with text on it. Of course I am using TheGimp for it, but I have a problem: The button should have a total height of 16 pixels and so I start with an empty image of that height. Every time I use the text tool the resulting text looks really ugly. SN What version of GIMP are you using? Your image is in RGB mode, isn't it? SN Sven SN ___ SN Gimp-user mailing list SN [EMAIL PROTECTED] SN 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] text options
Hi folks, On Tuesday 06 July 2004 15:15, Sven Neumann wrote: Carol Spears [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: shouldnt using a polish keyboard and a font with the characters included work to produce polish text? Oh Sorry, I did not seen the polish characters on my polish keyboard I conjured out of my pocket ;-) Yes of course. But I assumed that a polish keyboard wasn't available. exactly But thx. a lot 'bout that hint regarding gucharmap ... it was very helpful bye Pawel -- design your life ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] text options
Hi, Carol Spears [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: shouldnt using a polish keyboard and a font with the characters included work to produce polish text? Yes of course. But I assumed that a polish keyboard wasn't available. Sven ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] text options
Salve folks, I just changed to gimp-2.0, and it's real great. But: I miss somethin'. In gimp1.2.x I could get access to the character map of a font. I need it, 'cause I have to design some polish posters. So my question is, how I can get gimp-2.0 to print such a charMap, or if there is another possibility to write with polish (or other) charakters. thx a lot Pawel -- Pawel MüllerKonzeptionierung und Betreuung von Internetauftritten JaX Media Gbr Tel.: 07021 / 863181 Sudetenstr. 5 73230 Kirchheim unter Teck URL: http://www.jaxmedia.de ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] text options
Hi, Pawel Müller [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I just changed to gimp-2.0, and it's real great. But: I miss somethin'. In gimp1.2.x I could get access to the character map of a font. I need it, 'cause I have to design some polish posters. So my question is, how I can get gimp-2.0 to print such a charMap, or if there is another possibility to write with polish (or other) charakters. All you need to do is to enter the polish character. There are a couple of ways to do that. You can use a character picker application like gucharmap (which also provides a nice character table input module that is accessible from the text editor's right-click menu) or you can use the Compose key as described in another mail here earlier today. Sven ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Text tool
Hi there, I would like to write some words over a picture, like Picture by Marcelo Pereira (as a signature on the picture), but I can't add it to the image, because I am losing resolution. I would like to add the words with high resolution, without anti-aliasing effects or whatever else. It seems to be pretty simple, but I am not getting a good result. Could you help me??? Thanks in advance, Regards, Marcelo Pereira Sao Paulo/Brazil __ Participe da pesquisa global sobre o Yahoo! Mail: http://br.surveys.yahoo.com/global_mail_survey_br ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Text layer -- tutorial resources?
Dear friends: I am relatively new to the Gimp, though I do have some experience with Photoshop. I know how to do basic image editing and manipulation in Photoshop, and I am trying to learn how to do this in the Gimp (1.2 or 2 -- I have them both installed on my Xandros Linux system). The first thing I need to know right now is how to create or edit a type layer. I've looked in vain in Grokking-the-Gimp as well as in the Help files for Gimp for simple, step-by-step instructions on how to do this in the Gimp. I have also tried by trial and error but have failed. I'm including three screenshots to illustrate what I have tried to do. http://www.websher.net/temp/gimp-text1.jpg http://www.websher.net/temp/gimp-text2.jpg http://www.websher.net/temp/gimp-text3.jpg By the way, when I tried to save my jpg image, I was told that I should export it. But where is the export option located. I have been unable to find it. Thank you so much. Benjamin -- Benjamin Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] text that follows a path
Hi Rory - There is a text along path script (actually, there are to of 'em). Unfortunately, I don't remember just where I got them, so they are included here as two attachments. Just drop them into your .gimp-1.2/scripts directory and take it from there. Better read them first, though, to find out the instructions. -- --Jeff Jeff Trefftzs [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tcsn.net/trefftzsHome Page http://gug.sunsite.dk/gallery.php?artist=68 Gimp Gallery http://trefftzs.topcities.com/ Photo Gallery ;;;Script written by Guillaume de Sercey ;;;[EMAIL PROTECTED] ;;;What it does: writes a text following a path ;;;How does it do it: ;;;-creates an empty text layer ;;;-prints the text a letter at a time in a new layer (with the freetype plug-in) ;;;-gets a point along a path with its gradient (gimp-path-get-point-at-dist) ;;;-transform the gradient in a angle (script-fu-path-get-point-at-dist does this together with the previous step) ;;;-rotate the character layer by the angle (rotation around the top-left corner) ;;;-move the character layer at the position of the point on the path ;;;-merge the character layer with the text layer ;;;-repeat until a characters ahave been printed ;;;I use the freetype plug-in because it is the only text function that always align letters ;;;The *catch function is here in case the text is longer than the path ;;;It avoids getting an error from gimp-path-get-point-at-dist ;;;However it will also ignore any other error in the *catch form ;;;In particular, errors caused by an invalid fontname for freetype ;;;I've worked around that by using freetype to create the base text layer (a space character), before the catch ;;;Note: it is best to modify the argument of SF-FILENAME to match a valid font on your system ;;;Or at least a valid directory ;;;Saves a lot of browsing ;;; Changelog. 20011120 Jeff changed it to use SF-FONT vice SF-FILE for ;;; Font Selection (define (script-fu-path-get-point-at-dist img position);a variation on gimp-path-get-point-at-dist where the last argument is the angle not the gradient (let* ( (delta .1) (deltastart .2) (point (gimp-path-get-point-at-dist img position)) (angle (atan (caddr point)));this return an angle between [-pi,+pi] and needs to be adjusted (point1 (butlast (gimp-path-get-point-at-dist img (- position deltastart (point2 (butlast (gimp-path-get-point-at-dist img (+ position deltastart ); end declare (while (equal? point1 point2) (set! deltastart (+ deltastart delta)) (set! point1 (butlast (gimp-path-get-point-at-dist img (- position deltastart (set! point2 (butlast (gimp-path-get-point-at-dist img (+ position deltastart ) (if (= (car point1) (car point2));if x coords are equal (if ( angle 0) ;and angle negative (if ( (cadr point1) (cadr point2));then if point1 is below point2 (set! angle (+ *pi* angle));add pi to the angle otherwise do nothing ) ;end true of angle negative (if ( (cadr point 1) (cadr point2));angle is positive. if point1 is above point2 (set! angle (+ *pi* angle));add pi to the angle otherwise do nothing ) ;end false of angle negative ) ;end if angle, end true of x coords equal (if ( (car point2) (car point1)) (set! angle (+ *pi* angle)) ) ;end if point, end false of x coords equal ) ;end if x coords equal (list (car point) (cadr point) angle) ) ) ;;; Here's the actual script (define (script-fu-text-to-path2 img drw text font fontsize spacing antialiasing no-upsidedown) (if (= 0 (car (gimp-path-list img))) (gimp-message This script needs a path!) (begin;there is a path let's go (let* ( (path (car (gimp-path-get-current img))) (textlen (length text)) (typea (car (gimp-drawable-type-with-alpha drw))) ;(text-layer (car (plug-in-freetype RUN-NONINTERACTIVE img 0 fontfile fontsize PIXELS 1 0 0 1 FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE 0 ))) (text-layer (car (gimp-layer-new img (car (gimp-image-width img)) (car (gimp-image-height img)) typea Text Layer 100 NORMAL-MODE))) @ (char-layer) ; what's this??? (charac !);a 1 character-long string (position 0) (charcount 0) (charwidth) );end variable declaration (if (= text-layer -1)
RE: [Gimp-user] text that follows a path
You might try the curve bend plugin. IMAGE-Filters-Distorts-CurveBend It works on any type of image, so you'd have to create an image with the text then bend it to the path you want. Hope this helps, Sam -Original Message- From: Rory Grant [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 9:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Gimp-user] text that follows a path How can I make a string of text follow a path? Is there a plugin to do this, or can I use some render filter or what? Basically I've got a string of text I want it to follow a wiggly line. The closest I've seen is the text-circle plugin Cheers, RoryG ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Text on a curved line?
Using 1.2.3 I found something just this evening that I used to curve some text. It's under filters-distorts-curvebend Basically, you create the curve you want by adjusting the points on the grid. Worked well. Unliklely you could do a complete circle. To curve text you need to adjust upper and lower. If you do, say just the upper, then you get text that grows towards the center, while the base stays flat. I hope that makes sense. Hans - Walter Gardt wrote: Paul Thomas writes: was wondering if Gimp can put text on a curved line. I need to have some text around the outside of a circular image. Walker, Sam writes: My version of GIMP, 1.2.3, has a Script Fu-Logos-Text Circle plugin, that creates text in a circle. Wow, I don't even have a Logos section in Script Fu, in either 1.2.3 (RH73 RPM) or 1.2.4 (from tarball). I wonder what else I'm missing? Anyone know where to get Text Circle? I use GIMP 1.2.2. The Text Circle Plugin is in the Logos Section of Script Fu. In the Main window you find it under XTNS, not in the Context Menue of the picture. Hope I could help you. -- Until later: Geoffrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] I didn't have to buy my radio from a specific company to listen to FM, why doesn't that apply to the Internet (anymore...)? ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Text on a curved line?
Paul Thomas writes: was wondering if Gimp can put text on a curved line. I need to have some text around the outside of a circular image. Walker, Sam writes: My version of GIMP, 1.2.3, has a Script Fu-Logos-Text Circle plugin, that creates text in a circle. Wow, I don't even have a Logos section in Script Fu, in either 1.2.3 (RH73 RPM) or 1.2.4 (from tarball). I wonder what else I'm missing? Anyone know where to get Text Circle? Anyway, I didn't have anything that did this, and I wanted it for CD labels, so I wrote Arclayer (it bends the current layer in an upper or lower arc of a given radius). It was also an excuse to play with python, so I wrote it as a python plugin; eventually I may translate it to C, but I haven't had time, so for now you have to install gimp-python, http://www.daa.com.au/~james/pygimp/ (in 1.3 it's included, I believe). Arclayer has a few bugs (some extra pixels scattered around that you have to clean up) so I haven't put it in the plugin registry or anything, but you're welcome to try it: http://shallowsky.com/software/arclayer.py It combines nicely with a CD template plugin: http://shallowsky.com/software/CDlabel.py Anyone know a way to bring up the gimp-print plugin with pre-initialized values for offsets and scale? That would make CD labels a lot easier. ...Akkana ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
