On Tue, 14 Mar 2006, Akkana Peck wrote: > Zhang Weiwu writes: > > Hello. After read some GIMP tutorials and practised a little bit, I feel > > like that I can make an image like in this example: > > > > gopher://sdf.lonestar.org/I/users/weiwu/trans_sample.jpeg > > > > Looks really simple, I can do this image in OpenOffice Draw in 3 mintues: > > open the photo, create a shape of rounded square, put it above the photo, > > adjust opacity, put text above the rounded square. > > > > Now this is what I did in GIMP, spending me 4 hours: > > Yikes! No, it's really easy in GIMP, and it's basically the same > steps as in a vector drawing program, except that you have to create > the layer explicitly (which a vector drawing program does with every > new object). > > 1. Open the photo. > 2. Make a new layer (click the New button in the Layers dialog). > 3. Use the rect select tool to select the rectangle. > 4. Round the selection with "Rounded Rectangle" (in the Select menu). > 5. Fill it with white (Edit->Fill with FG should do it if you > haven't changed colors from the default). > 6. Adjust opacity with the slider in the Layers dialog. > 7. Add the text (which will be a third layer). > > I didn't quite follow why you were using a layer mask, but it's > not needed for a simple task like this.
Ah, thank you, this works fine for me! I think I must have wrong concept. _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user