[Gimp-user] Text Along Path Trouble

2013-04-25 Thread Astabeth
>-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >Hash: SHA1 > >On Thu, 25 Apr 2013 01:39:40 +0200 >Astabeth wrote: >Hi Astabeth, >So far claws doesn't have a default reply to thread option. It should >be possible to edit ~/.claws-mail/menurc to add that feature. Ha! I wouldn't know where to begin. But I d

Re: [Gimp-user] Text Along Path Trouble

2013-04-25 Thread Thomas Taylor
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 25 Apr 2013 01:39:40 +0200 Astabeth wrote: > I didn't see a reply to thread button, so I am just replying to the > latest... > > Thank you all so much! I wish all forums were this friendly and > helpful. I was gone on a field trip today, s

[Gimp-user] Text Along Path Trouble

2013-04-24 Thread Astabeth
I didn't see a reply to thread button, so I am just replying to the latest... Thank you all so much! I wish all forums were this friendly and helpful. I was gone on a field trip today, so in the morning I'm going to try a variety of things: Opening the path so it's not a loop - I don't need tex

Re: [Gimp-user] Text Along Path Trouble

2013-04-24 Thread Chris Mohler
On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 8:26 PM, Astabeth wrote: >>It looks to me like it _is_ putting the text along the path, but in 11 >>or 12 lines. Did you enter newlines/linebreaks in the text editor? >>If so, get rid of them. > > There are no new lines or breaks. It is not putting it on the path. The pa

Re: [Gimp-user] Text Along Path Trouble

2013-04-23 Thread Steve Kinney
D'OH! I forgot to plug Michael's book! http://www.amazon.com/The-Artists-Guide-GIMP-Photographers/dp/1593274149 :o) Steve ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list

Re: [Gimp-user] Text Along Path Trouble

2013-04-23 Thread Steve Kinney
On 04/23/2013 09:26 PM, Astabeth wrote: > I have seen several recommendations for Inkscape here, but I am a high school > art teacher trying to teach my students to use GIMP, so an Inkscape solution > won't help me. This is so frustrating because this was going to be their > first > assignment w

Re: [Gimp-user] Text Along Path Trouble

2013-04-23 Thread Rob Antonishen
The second path IS the result of putting the text on a path. It creates a NEW path, which is the outline of the text once it is put on the path. It looks like the line breaks are "respected" when it puts the text on the path. -Rob A> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 9:26 PM, Astabeth wrote: > >It loo

[Gimp-user] Text Along Path Trouble

2013-04-23 Thread Astabeth
>It looks to me like it _is_ putting the text along the path, but in 11 >or 12 lines. Did you enter newlines/linebreaks in the text editor? >If so, get rid of them. There are no new lines or breaks. It is not putting it on the path. The path is a closed loop that outlines the face and head and

Re: [Gimp-user] Text Along Path Trouble

2013-04-23 Thread Chris Mohler
On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Astabeth wrote: > > It creates a whole new path and puts the text on it. I have never had any > path > except the one (visible in blue) around the person's head It looks to me like it _is_ putting the text along the path, but in 11 or 12 lines. Did you enter ne

[Gimp-user] Text Along Path Trouble

2013-04-23 Thread Astabeth
I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I am using 2.8.2 on my school Windows computer. I created a path, used the text tool to type in my text, highlighted the text, opened the paths tab and made my path visible and highlighted, and then right clicked and selected "text to path." Instead of putting m