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.
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. Also, the yellow line around the box doesn't readily vanish when I want it to; in GIMP 1.2, selected text could be deselected like any other selection. 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? Sorry if this question has been asked before, and thanks in advance for any answers! David McClamrock _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
