Help needed with text
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| Help needed with text | Flyfishing48 | 04 Oct 14:38 |
| Help needed with text | Daniel Hornung | 04 Oct 14:55 |
| Help needed with text | Flyfishing48 | 04 Oct 19:19 |
| Help needed with text | Flyfishing48 | 04 Oct 19:36 |
| Help needed with text | Daniel Hornung | 04 Oct 20:46 |
| Help needed with text | Dmitry Trunikov | 05 Oct 09:00 |
| Help needed with text | Flyfishing48 | 07 Oct 01:50 |
| Help needed with text | Dmitry Trunikov | 07 Oct 08:18 |
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Help needed with text
I am just starting to use GIMP. I am having trouble getting the effect I
want.
I have 2 photos one over the other. I want to put text over the upper layer
and have the lower layer show through.
If I put a mask over the upper layer and draw on it with black it does just
what I want. Problem is I want to use text not draw on it.
Every way I try to add text I get a new layer, I seem to get text on the mask
for the upper layer.
thanks in advance for any help with this.
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Help needed with text
On Sunday 04 October 2009, Tom C. wrote:
I am just starting to use GIMP. I am having trouble getting the effect I want.
I have 2 photos one over the other. I want to put text over the upper layer and have the lower layer show through. If I put a mask over the upper layer and draw on it with black it does
just
what I want. Problem is I want to use text not draw on it. Every way I try to add text I get a new layer, I seem to get text on the mask for the upper layer.
thanks in advance for any help with this.Short hint: Text to selection, change to mask, fill with black(or white, whatever you want)
Daniel,
Thank you for replying.
I must not be getting your hint. I add my two layers, add a mask (regular)
to the top layer.
Bring up text and add it.
Then I select add text to selection
then I select the mack and fill with black. I tried FG and BG.
No luck.
What am I doing wrong?
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Help needed with text
On Sunday 04 October 2009, Tom C. wrote:
I am just starting to use GIMP. I am having trouble getting the effect
I
want.
I have 2 photos one over the other. I want to put text over the upper layer and have the lower layer show through. If I put a mask over the upper layer and draw on it with black it doesjust
what I want. Problem is I want to use text not draw on it. Every way I try to add text I get a new layer, I seem to get text on the mask for the upper layer.
thanks in advance for any help with this.Short hint: Text to selection, change to mask, fill with black(or white, whatever you want)
Daniel,
Thank you for replying.
I must not be getting your hint. I add my two layers, add a mask (regular) to the top layer.
Bring up text and add it.
Then I select add text to selection
then I select the mack and fill with black. I tried FG and BG. No luck.
What am I doing wrong?Daniel,
I should add that I did get the opposite of what I wanted to work. All of the top layer went transparent and the text stayed. I want the text to go transparent, so the parts of the underlying picture shows through the text.
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Help needed with text
Tom C. wrote:
I am just starting to use GIMP. I am having trouble getting the effect I want.
I have 2 photos one over the other. I want to put text over the upper
layer
and have the lower layer show through. If I put a mask over the upper layer and draw on it with black it does
just
what I want. Problem is I want to use text not draw on it. Every way I try to add text I get a new layer, I seem to get text on the
mask
for the upper layer.
thanks in advance for any help with this.Text to selection, select top layer with photo (make sure he can be transparent), press button "Del".
Dmitry,
Thank you for the reply, but I have had no success with this problem as yet.
In your reply...(make sure he can be
transparent), how do I do that?
Thanks Tom
