Try using the color selection dropper looking tool to select black or the closest thing to black that the image has. It may look like the wrong color in GIMP, but it will be correct when you go to enter your text.
On 1/8/06, Jared Bellows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does the original GIF have black in it? GIF images use I believe a palette > of 256 colors which varies from GIF to GIF. I think that GIMP will just try > to match the black to the closest color in the palette. Not sure though. > Someone with more knowledge of GIF might be able to answer this question > better. > > Jared > > On 1/8/06, Charles Curley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I have a GIF image I'd like to add text to. I open the image, I set up > > the text tool as I want it. This includes black for the foreground > > color. I go to the image, and click on a location, and start > > typing. The color of the text is only slightly darker than the > > original image color, and certainly is not black. What am I doing > > wrong? > > > > -- > > > > Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign > > Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards > > and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email > > http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email > > > > Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB > > > > > > > > /* > > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > > Don't fear the penguin. > > */ > > > > > > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
