@RougueRanger I work in graphics in my company. Text styles in gimp are not easy to obtain. I achieve the result I want using many effects. The one that I mostly use is drop shadow. Try it with different parameters to achieve for shadows, blurs and glows. Il giorno 24/gen/2013 08:48, <gimp-user-list-requ...@gnome.org> ha scritto:
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Re: Enhancing text (Liam R E Quin) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 05:05:49 +0100 > From: RogueRanger <for...@gimpusers.com> > To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org > Cc: t...@gimpusers.com > Subject: [Gimp-user] Enhancing text > Message-ID: <71...@forums.gimpusers.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > This is a general thing about doing text and perhaps doing it better. I'm > not > really after glamorous or super way out stuff. Just simple but good > looking text > that is both readable and easy on the eye. So, after using PS CS4 for 3 > years > and recently losing my hard drive, I had to and I'm glad by the way I did, > down > load Gimp. But here is the thing, not matter what I try I simply cannot > achieve > something that looks nice. The first attachment is my 4th attempt with > gimp. The > ones after that are some I did in PS so you can see what I mean. > > The procedure I normally did after writing the text was to go to > Layer/Style and > then you would have several options, like drop shadow, etc etc. I did find > drop > shadow with the Gimp but it didn't seem to work. > > > Attachments: > * http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/16/original/Maria-2.jpg > > -- > RogueRanger (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 05:08:11 +0100 > From: RogueRanger <for...@gimpusers.com> > To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org > Cc: t...@gimpusers.com > Subject: [Gimp-user] Enhancing text > Message-ID: <71...@forums.gimpusers.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Photoshop signautres > > Attachments: > * > http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/17/original/Allienna_siggy.jpg > > -- > RogueRanger (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 05:12:36 +0100 > From: RogueRanger <for...@gimpusers.com> > To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org > Cc: t...@gimpusers.com > Subject: [Gimp-user] Enhancing text > Message-ID: <71...@forums.gimpusers.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > you can see the last one is much sharper and cleaner. The first one I > showed > you, I used the Stargate font, which I never had any problems with, but > that one > looks aweful when compared to this one > > > btw do I have to do the CATCHPA thing every time I post? > > Attachments: > * > http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/18/original/Donovan-SIGGY.jpg > > -- > RogueRanger (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 23:18:43 -0500 > From: Liam R E Quin <l...@holoweb.net> > To: RogueRanger <for...@gimpusers.com> > Cc: t...@gimpusers.com, gimp-user-list@gnome.org > Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Enhancing text > Message-ID: <1359001123.12795.303.camel@localhost.localdomain> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" > > On Thu, 2013-01-24 at 05:05 +0100, RogueRanger wrote: > > > The procedure I normally did after writing the text was to go to > Layer/Style and > > then you would have several options, like drop shadow, etc etc. I > > GIMP does not have layer styles. > > (GIMP also does not have a large team of programmers, nor even a team of > large programmers...) > > One way to get a drop shadow on text... > (1) in the layers dialogue, make sure the text layer is active > (2) duplicate the layer > (3) make the lower copy active, right-click on its name and rename it to > Shadow > (4) use filters->gaussian blur. Probably a radius of 7 pixel would be > fine. > (5) select the move tool, and then use the arrow keys on the keyboard to > move the layer right 3 pixels and down 3 pixels, to make a shadow. > > "The Artist's Guide to GIMP" is a book you may find useful. > > Liam > > -- > Liam Quin - XML Activity Lead, W3C, http://www.w3.org/People/Quin/ > Pictures from old books: http://fromoldbooks.org/ > Ankh: irc.sorcery.net irc.gnome.org freenode/#xml > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 05:30:42 +0100 > From: RogueRanger <for...@gimpusers.com> > To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org > Cc: t...@gimpusers.com > Subject: [Gimp-user] Enhancing text > Message-ID: <71...@forums.gimpusers.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Thank you Liam, I'll give that a try. I just spoke with a friend on > facebook, > she recommends making my original signature size double of what I need to > end up > with, which for my forum is 300*110 pixels = 600*220 to get sharper > looking text > and then reduce it back to the size I need. Is she correct? > > Also is there a way to put a fine black border around the text like in my > other > ones? > > -- > RogueRanger (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 07:17:50 +0100 > From: Olivier <oleca...@gmail.com> > To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org > Subject: [Gimp-user] a new GIMP book > Message-ID: > < > caamvso3ebu1cdkifvfgx9r2ze5bersajea7wp73+_sif1a8...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > See http://nostar.ch/BoG_promo > > -- > Olivier Lecarme > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:30:10 -0500 > From: Liam R E Quin <l...@holoweb.net> > To: RogueRanger <for...@gimpusers.com> > Cc: t...@gimpusers.com, gimp-user-list@gnome.org > Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Enhancing text > Message-ID: <1359005410.12795.317.camel@localhost.localdomain> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" > > On Thu, 2013-01-24 at 05:30 +0100, RogueRanger wrote: > > [...]I just spoke with a friend on facebook, > > she recommends making my original signature size double of what I need > to end up > > with, which for my forum is 300*110 pixels = 600*220 to get sharper > looking text > > and then reduce it back to the size I need. Is she correct? > > It's a good technique to try. If you do it, > 1. save a copy of the image as full-size.xcf.gz or full-size.xcf > 2. use image->flatten so you only have one layer. > 3. use image->scale to 50%, with Cubic interpolation > 4. use filters->enhance->sharpen, maybe about 20% will be good. > > > Also is there a way to put a fine black border around the text like in > my other > > ones? > Several ways - see Michael Hammel's book (no, I don't get paid for > plugging it :-) ) or search the Web for gimp 2.8 tutorials. One way: > 1. duplicate the text layer > 2. use select by colour on the text, so the outline of the text is > selected; > 3. select->Border Selection by 2 pixels > 4. with the lower copy of the text active, use control-, (control-and > comma) to fill the outline with the foreground colour (use "d" first to > set it to the default black and white if you need to). > 5. use Select->None to get rid of the marching ants selection so you can > do other things :-) > > If you combine this with the drop shadow, you'll end up with three > layers - the text, the outline under it, and the drop shadow under that. > > I forgot to mention before - after doing blur for the drop shadow, you > may need colour->desaturate (choose "preserve luminosity" for a smoother > effect) and maybe colour->curves, drag the curve downwards a little in > the middle until the shadow is about the right darkness. > > There are other ways to do each of these things, but I'm trying to give > you some ways that don't involve learning too many new things about GIMP > all at the same time. Some people would prefer to use "paths" to do the > outline, for example. > > I'll enclose a really ugly example xcf file so you can see the layers. > > Liam > > -- > Liam Quin - XML Activity Lead, W3C, http://www.w3.org/People/Quin/ > Pictures from old books: http://fromoldbooks.org/ > Ankh: irc.sorcery.net irc.gnome.org freenode/#xml > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: italic-font.xcf > Type: image/x-xcf > Size: 234403 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: < > https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list/attachments/20130124/d1281831/attachment.bin > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > gimp-user-list mailing list > gimp-user-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list > > > End of gimp-user-list Digest, Vol 16, Issue 27 > ********************************************** >
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