On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 03:18 +0000, minimoto@wi.rr.com wrote:

Does anyone know where I can get the script for the text-circle in 2.4, that works with 2.6?

File->Create->Logos->Text Cirle

Michael J. Hammel wrote:

On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 03:18 +0000, minimoto@wi.rr.com wrote:

Does anyone know where I can get the script for the text-circle in 2.4, that works with 2.6?

File->Create->Logos->Text Cirle

Wow, great! Can this kind of effect be adjusted after it's been created? I've never even noticed all those options in File->Create. I guess 'create' suggests they're meant to be a starting point, so maybe they can't be adjusted afterwards. Hm? Are there any other ways to get similar effects with text, perhaps by fitting text to a path or something?

Cheers-

((and thanks to the 6 or 7 of you who gave me a weeks worth of play with your answers to my 'replacing colors' question. double cheers!))

Michael J. Hammel wrote:

On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 03:18 +0000, minimoto@wi.rr.com wrote:

Does anyone know where I can get the script for the text-circle in 2.4, that works with 2.6?

File->Create->Logos->Text Cirle

Wow, great! Can this kind of effect be adjusted after it's been created? I've never even noticed all those options in File->Create. I
guess 'create' suggests they're meant to be a starting point, so maybe they can't be adjusted afterwards. Hm? Are there any other ways to get
similar effects with text, perhaps by fitting text to a path or something?

File->New image, select default

Click on Text tool

Type some text

Now look under 'Layer' in the menu

See if you can work it out from there

Owen

On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 22:32 -0500, firestick wrote:

File->Create->Logos->Text Cirle

Wow, great! Can this kind of effect be adjusted after it's been created? I've never even noticed all those options in File->Create. I guess 'create' suggests they're meant to be a starting point, so maybe they can't be adjusted afterwards. Hm? Are there any other ways to get similar effects with text, perhaps by fitting text to a path or something?

No, it can't be adjusted (not easily). While GIMP's text features are improved in 2.6, you're still better off creating text along paths using Inkscape and then importing the SVG into GIMP. In Inkscape you can adjust kerning and character position directly on the path in a WYSIWYG fashion. It's actually pretty easy to do (and I'm no Inkscape expert - I hardly ever use it).

I have an article on this subject (integrating GIMP with other desktop tools) coming out in either April or May in Linux Format (UK magazine, available in the US sometime after publication in Europe), assuming I have their publication timetable correct.