Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie having trouble with layers, text and otherwise
Thank you, everyone, for the great amount of info I've gotten on this layer problem. First, some apologies: Please understand that I'm totally new to GIMP, and I'm not a designer. I'm starting at zero. I'm doing this postcard for my wife to try to keep from paying a professional. But of course if I can learn how to use GIMP, I'll do a lot more with it. I did consult the help documentation at gimp.org, but that documentation is obviously a work in progress, and is incomplete as far as I can tell. That's why I went looking for this fine mailing list. Sometimes it's better to just go directly to the people with experience than to wade through dubious help documents. Now, to the point: Olivier, Michael, and Gezim all suggested resize Canvas instead of resize layer. You were all right that I had used resize layer. OK, so I have tried using resize canvas. That added some space at the bottom. Here's what I'm seeing now: My central image has white space on three sides as a result of previous layer resizing. The layer containing the central image has a yellow and black dotted line around it--that's the layer boundary. On the bottom, the image touches the layer boundary, and below this layer boundary there is a checkerboard pattern. That checkerboard is the result of the canvas resize you recommended. I suspect that the image might be extending into new canvas space, but I can't see it. Is that checkerboard pattern a background coloring that I should change, or is it the default look of an empty canvas space? Is the bottom of the image hiding somewhere in that checkerboard? Where to go from here... John John Grimmett and Loreta Medina wrote: Hello, everyone. I'm brand new to GIMP for Mac, so first a hearty hello! For my first project with GIMP, I'm trying to make a postcard for an art exhibition. I started by opening the central image that I want on the card, then I adjusted the size of the layer containing the image to 6.75 X 4.75 inches, the approximate dimension of most postcards, with a little extra at bottom for some text info. Now, here's where I'm having trouble: I want to place a text layer on the image, but with only part of the text on the image. The rest of the text should be dangling off the image, with a line of text in the extra white space under the image. So, I typed the text I wanted into the text tool window. The part of the text that lies on the image is visible, but the part that dangles off into the white space below is invisible. I can't see it. This seems to be a problem with the way the two layers--the one with the image and the one with the text--are interacting. It seems that after I enter a text layer, I can no longer see the entire image layer, including the extra white space at bottom. Likewise, it seems that whatever I put into the text layer dangling off the image itself, I cannot see. Any guidance? Please... I have a deadline for this project. Thank you. Regards John Grimmett ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Newbie having trouble with layers, text and otherwise
Hello, everyone. I'm brand new to GIMP for Mac, so first a hearty hello! For my first project with GIMP, I'm trying to make a postcard for an art exhibition. I started by opening the central image that I want on the card, then I adjusted the size of the layer containing the image to 6.75 X 4.75 inches, the approximate dimension of most postcards, with a little extra at bottom for some text info. Now, here's where I'm having trouble: I want to place a text layer on the image, but with only part of the text on the image. The rest of the text should be dangling off the image, with a line of text in the extra white space under the image. So, I typed the text I wanted into the text tool window. The part of the text that lies on the image is visible, but the part that dangles off into the white space below is invisible. I can't see it. This seems to be a problem with the way the two layers--the one with the image and the one with the text--are interacting. It seems that after I enter a text layer, I can no longer see the entire image layer, including the extra white space at bottom. Likewise, it seems that whatever I put into the text layer dangling off the image itself, I cannot see. Any guidance? Please... I have a deadline for this project. Thank you. Regards John Grimmett ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie having trouble with layers, text and otherwise
So, I typed the text I wanted into the text tool window. The part of the text that lies on the image is visible, but the part that dangles off into the white space below is invisible. I can't see it. Any guidance? Please... I have a deadline for this project. Thank you. Hm, RTFM comes to mind - http://docs.gimp.org. What you want to do is to resize the canvas. HTH, Michael -- +++ Neu: Echte DSL-Flatrates von GMX - Surfen ohne Limits +++ Always online ab 4,99 Euro/Monat: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/dsl ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Newbie having trouble with layers, text and otherwise
Welcome John. (2 ways to do this. Top one is better, because it's easier to colour the background) 1.) First open a new image (FileNew...) with the desired size (in this case I thing you said 6.75 X 4.75) and the desired background colour, then open the central image (FileOpen...), then copy the central image (EditCopy (make sure it's the correct layer if you have more than one in the central image, or just flatten the central image, the flattening of an image means merging all layers together and it's done by right clicking on the layers dialog box and choosing Flatten image)) and paste it into the new image (the one you just created with 6.75X4.75) by doing EditPaste in the new image and then finally you have to create a new layer in new image or choose anchor layer for the pasting to take place. The last thing, of course, would be the text. OR 2.) You can open central image, go to ImageCanvas Size... then choose the new size (6.75X4.75) and at the bottom a little preview should be there. Here you can drag the image around to tell GIMP where the new space is going to go (e.g. around the image, top left, bottom left, etc.) -Gezim ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
