Hi, David McClamrock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> In GIMP 1.2 (or even 1.0, with which I started), it was easy to > produce a beveled text effect: just insert text, leave it > selected, and apply a starburst (spherical), > foreground-to-background gradient. Only the text itself was > selected, not the box around it. GIMP 1.2 used to create text as a floating selection. A lot of users found this very inconvenient since they prefer text to reside on a dedicated layer. The GIMP 2.0 text tool creates a text layer. This has the advantage that the text stays editable (unless you apply an effect to it) and that you don't need to deal with floating selections which are considered annoying to work with. > In GIMP 2.0 (on Mandrakelinux 10.0, from RPM package > gimp2_0-2.0.0-2mdk), I'm not finding it obvious how to do the same > thing. The selection includes not only the text itself but the > surrounding box, and the gradient likewise covers the entire box, > which I don't want. You can call Alpha to Selection to create a selection from the text. > Are there some settings I can change to make GIMP 2.0 (otherwise a > definite improvement over 1.2) work more like GIMP 1.2 in these > respects? No, you can't. We could consider to add an option to have the text tool create a floating selection but I am not yet convinced that this would be useful enough to warrant the coding effort and the extra check button in the text tool options. Sven _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
