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
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