Re: [Gimp-user] How do you ddd effects to text?

2017-08-01 Thread Steve Kinney
On 08/01/2017 04:35 AM, ead wrote: >> You are still going to have to make a selection somehow and fill that >> selection. many ways of doing that, I usually go for Layer -> >> Transparency -> Alpha to Selection on the text layer then apply any >> colouring on separate layers, keeping the text

[Gimp-user] How do you ddd effects to text?

2017-08-01 Thread rich2005
>Hello everyone > >I'm having to use Gimp for Mac at work and not sure how to directly >add effects such as gradient to text objects in GIMP. > >The only workaround I found is to select certain text using Select by >Color and apply gradient to it. I have a feeling someone out there may >know more

[Gimp-user] How do you ddd effects to text?

2017-08-01 Thread ead
>You are still going to have to make a selection somehow and fill that >selection. many ways of doing that, I usually go for Layer -> >Transparency -> Alpha to Selection on the text layer then apply any >colouring on separate layers, keeping the text layer as text. Thank you, using The Alpha to

[Gimp-user] How do you ddd effects to text?

2017-08-01 Thread ead
Hello everyone I'm having to use Gimp for Mac at work and not sure how to directly add effects such as gradient to text objects in GIMP. The only workaround I found is to select certain text using Select by Color and apply gradient to it. I have a feeling someone out there may know more