Re: [Gimp-user] Issues with text along path
Op 29-08-2020 om 12:30 schreef Ofnuts: On 28/08/2020 19:58, Rick Strong wrote: Hi Akkana, Since you got text on a path to work, would you be so good as to outline the steps doing it in point form? Also, how can the text be placed (or moved to) any point on the outside or inside of a circle? The built-in T-A-P starts the text on the beginning of the path. If you have a circle you can open the circle at any point to redefine its beginning, just add a point (Ctrl-Click) where you want it to start, another point just before, and delete the segment between the two (Ctrl-Shift-click). And if you need a closed circle you can reconnect the two points, the circle will still be starting on one of these. Otherwise, I have a quite popular plugin to layout text along a path, with many options that make it somewhat easier to use: https://gimp-science-labs.blogspot.com/2014/05/text-along-circular-path.html Hi, I tried to access that page, but it says I am not invited Is there a chance you can invite, me, so I can download and use your plugin? regards, Jogchum ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Issues with text along path
On 04/09/2020 15:34, Techno wrote: I've downloaded your ofn-text-along-path.py plug-in and I've put it in my C:\Users\techno6\.gimp-2.8\plug-ins sub-directory. I've restarted GIMP 2.8 twice, but I can't find the plug-in in GIMP. Can you tell me where it should be in GIMP? Depends where you look. The plugin comes with an extensive documentation (HTML file with may images). The plugin is not accessed from the Image window menu, but in the right-click menu of the "Paths" list. I think I've used the previous version some years ago. I used it once and no longer remember how to use it. Could you let me know where to look for it and how to use it? Thanks. As above, the ZIP contains an HTML file that explains most everything This link gives me a page that says, "Sorry, the page you were looking for in this blog does not exist. " Try this one instead: https://gimp-science-labs.blogspot.com/2019/09/new-version-of-ofn-text-along-path-v16.html ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Issues with text along path
On 2020-09-04 10:26, Akash Rao wrote: :) A smiley? I don't know what you're trying to say. ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Issues with text along path
:) On 04-Sep-2020 7:12 PM, "Techno" wrote: > On 2020-08-29 06:30, Ofnuts wrote: > >> On 28/08/2020 19:58, Rick Strong wrote: >> >>> Hi Akkana, >>> >>> Since you got text on a path to work, would you be so good as to >>> outline the >>> steps doing it in point form? >>> >>> Also, how can the text be placed (or moved to) any point on the >>> outside or >>> inside of a circle? >>> >> >> >> The built-in T-A-P starts the text on the beginning of the path. If you >> have a circle you can open the circle at any point to redefine its >> beginning, just add a point (Ctrl-Click) where you want it to start, >> another point just before, and delete the segment between the two >> (Ctrl-Shift-click). And if you need a closed circle you can reconnect >> the two points, the circle will still be starting on one of these. >> > > I've downloaded your ofn-text-along-path.py plug-in and I've put it in my > C:\Users\techno6\.gimp-2.8\plug-ins sub-directory. I've restarted GIMP > 2.8 twice, but I can't find the plug-in in GIMP. > > Can you tell me where it should be in GIMP? > > I think I've used the previous version some years ago. I used it once and > no longer remember how to use it. Could you let me know where to look for > it and how to use it? Thanks. > > Otherwise, I have a quite popular plugin to layout text along a path, >> with many options that make it somewhat easier to use: >> >> https://gimp-science-labs.blogspot.com/2014/05/text-along- >> circular-path.html >> > > This link gives me a page that says, "Sorry, the page you were looking for > in this blog does not exist. " > > ___ > gimp-user-list mailing list > List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org > List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list > List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list > ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Issues with text along path
On 2020-08-29 06:30, Ofnuts wrote: On 28/08/2020 19:58, Rick Strong wrote: Hi Akkana, Since you got text on a path to work, would you be so good as to outline the steps doing it in point form? Also, how can the text be placed (or moved to) any point on the outside or inside of a circle? The built-in T-A-P starts the text on the beginning of the path. If you have a circle you can open the circle at any point to redefine its beginning, just add a point (Ctrl-Click) where you want it to start, another point just before, and delete the segment between the two (Ctrl-Shift-click). And if you need a closed circle you can reconnect the two points, the circle will still be starting on one of these. I've downloaded your ofn-text-along-path.py plug-in and I've put it in my C:\Users\techno6\.gimp-2.8\plug-ins sub-directory. I've restarted GIMP 2.8 twice, but I can't find the plug-in in GIMP. Can you tell me where it should be in GIMP? I think I've used the previous version some years ago. I used it once and no longer remember how to use it. Could you let me know where to look for it and how to use it? Thanks. Otherwise, I have a quite popular plugin to layout text along a path, with many options that make it somewhat easier to use: https://gimp-science-labs.blogspot.com/2014/05/text-along-circular-path.html This link gives me a page that says, "Sorry, the page you were looking for in this blog does not exist. " ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Issues with text along path
Wow! looks like a great plugin Ofnuts, with lots of "How To" illustrations. I'll give it a shot over the weekend. Glad you too, suggested Inkscape as an alternative for Text on a Path work. This is a very helpful list. Cheers, Rick S. -Original Message- From: Ofnuts Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2020 6:30 AM To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Issues with text along path On 28/08/2020 19:58, Rick Strong wrote: Hi Akkana, Since you got text on a path to work, would you be so good as to outline the steps doing it in point form? Also, how can the text be placed (or moved to) any point on the outside or inside of a circle? The built-in T-A-P starts the text on the beginning of the path. If you have a circle you can open the circle at any point to redefine its beginning, just add a point (Ctrl-Click) where you want it to start, another point just before, and delete the segment between the two (Ctrl-Shift-click). And if you need a closed circle you can reconnect the two points, the circle will still be starting on one of these. Otherwise, I have a quite popular plugin to layout text along a path, with many options that make it somewhat easier to use: https://gimp-science-labs.blogspot.com/2014/05/text-along-circular-path.html ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Issues with text along path
On 28/08/2020 19:58, Rick Strong wrote: Hi Akkana, Since you got text on a path to work, would you be so good as to outline the steps doing it in point form? Also, how can the text be placed (or moved to) any point on the outside or inside of a circle? The built-in T-A-P starts the text on the beginning of the path. If you have a circle you can open the circle at any point to redefine its beginning, just add a point (Ctrl-Click) where you want it to start, another point just before, and delete the segment between the two (Ctrl-Shift-click). And if you need a closed circle you can reconnect the two points, the circle will still be starting on one of these. Otherwise, I have a quite popular plugin to layout text along a path, with many options that make it somewhat easier to use: https://gimp-science-labs.blogspot.com/2014/05/text-along-circular-path.html ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Issues with text along path
Thanks for the note Akkana. I have used GIMP for years now and love it but when I gave your procedure a shot I found it just didn't work—for me. I switched to Inkscape, a free vector program, and I could set text on a circle in 5 minutes, inside or outside the circle AND rotate/manipulate it with ease. It's simple and the Help file is quite clear on how to do it. Cheers, Rick S. -Original Message- From: Akkana Peck Sent: Friday, August 28, 2020 6:33 PM To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Issues with text along path Rick Strong writes: Hi Akkana, Since you got text on a path to work, would you be so good as to outline the steps doing it in point form? Here's what I did to test it: - Activate Path tool - Click in two places in the image to make a straight path - Drag from the middle of the path upward, so now I have a curved path - Activate Text tool (Now you can't see the path any more; if you want to see it, go to the Paths dock/tab and click the visibility icon on) - Click anywhere in the image to start a text layer. - Type some text, and adjust size until it's at a reasonable scale to go with the path I made - Layer->Text along Path And now I have a new path representing the text outline bent along the path I made. My GIMP now looks like this: https://shallowsky.com/tmp/text-along-path.jpg Of course this is just a path. If I wanted the text to be visible in an exported image, I'd have to stroke the path, or convert it to a selection and fill it. Also, how can the text be placed (or moved to) any point on the outside or inside of a circle? I don't know of any easy way to move it. Best to set up the path so that the text will start in the right place, and you'll probably have to fiddle with font size and try several times to get it to be just as long as the path. That's one of the ways in which Text Along Path is (as I said in my earlier posting) not the easiest plug-in to use. When I was doing a lot of CD labels and wanted a lot of circular text, I found Text Along Path way too much hassle and ended up writing a plug-in for circular text, in various languages: https://shallowsky.com/software/arclayer/ which is not as good, but it can bend any layer, not just text, and it's easier to use. ...Akkana ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Issues with text along path
Rick Strong writes: > Hi Akkana, > > Since you got text on a path to work, would you be so good as to outline the > steps doing it in point form? Here's what I did to test it: - Activate Path tool - Click in two places in the image to make a straight path - Drag from the middle of the path upward, so now I have a curved path - Activate Text tool (Now you can't see the path any more; if you want to see it, go to the Paths dock/tab and click the visibility icon on) - Click anywhere in the image to start a text layer. - Type some text, and adjust size until it's at a reasonable scale to go with the path I made - Layer->Text along Path And now I have a new path representing the text outline bent along the path I made. My GIMP now looks like this: https://shallowsky.com/tmp/text-along-path.jpg Of course this is just a path. If I wanted the text to be visible in an exported image, I'd have to stroke the path, or convert it to a selection and fill it. > Also, how can the text be placed (or moved to) any point on the outside or > inside of a circle? I don't know of any easy way to move it. Best to set up the path so that the text will start in the right place, and you'll probably have to fiddle with font size and try several times to get it to be just as long as the path. That's one of the ways in which Text Along Path is (as I said in my earlier posting) not the easiest plug-in to use. When I was doing a lot of CD labels and wanted a lot of circular text, I found Text Along Path way too much hassle and ended up writing a plug-in for circular text, in various languages: https://shallowsky.com/software/arclayer/ which is not as good, but it can bend any layer, not just text, and it's easier to use. ...Akkana ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Issues with text along path
Hi Akkana, Since you got text on a path to work, would you be so good as to outline the steps doing it in point form? Also, how can the text be placed (or moved to) any point on the outside or inside of a circle? Thanks, Rick S. -Original Message- From: Akkana Peck Sent: Friday, August 28, 2020 11:50 AM To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Issues with text along path Kathy N via gimp-user-list writes: I am trying to follow the instruction on the video was provided online. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Wq_A-jkWQE) I follow everything except I am having trouble with the top part that is not aligned with the circle / text along path. Please see picture attachment. This list strips image attachments, so there's no way to know what problem you're describing. Can you upload the image somewhere? It might also help to describe the steps you're following and at which step the image doesn't look like you expect. Rick Strong writes: I don't want to be discouraging but text on a path just doesn't work in GIMP 2.10.18. The online Help doc is useless here. Text Along Path isn't the easiest GIMP function to use, but it works for me in 2.10.18. ...Akkana ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Issues with text along path
Kathy N via gimp-user-list writes: > I am trying to follow the instruction on the video was provided online. > (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Wq_A-jkWQE) > > I follow everything except I am having trouble with the top part that is not > aligned with the circle / text along path. Please see picture attachment. This list strips image attachments, so there's no way to know what problem you're describing. Can you upload the image somewhere? It might also help to describe the steps you're following and at which step the image doesn't look like you expect. Rick Strong writes: > I don't want to be discouraging but text on a path just doesn't work in GIMP > 2.10.18. The online Help doc is useless here. Text Along Path isn't the easiest GIMP function to use, but it works for me in 2.10.18. ...Akkana ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
[Gimp-user] Issues with text along path
Hello I am trying to follow the instruction on the video was provided online. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Wq_A-jkWQE) I follow everything except I am having trouble with the top part that is not aligned with the circle / text along path. Please see picture attachment. Spend a whole day and night trying to fix it, even try to delete the program and re-install it. The issue is still the same. Can you please guide me how to fix this problem. Thanks Kathy ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
