edit text content and properties
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| edit text content and properties | Donald Miller | 29 Oct 17:03 |
| edit text content and properties | Alexandre Prokoudine | 29 Oct 17:10 |
| edit text content and properties | Donald Miller | 29 Oct 17:32 |
| edit text content and properties | rich | 29 Oct 17:52 |
| edit text content and properties | Donald Miller | 29 Oct 18:32 |
| edit text content and properties | Donald Miller | 29 Oct 21:07 |
| edit text content and properties | rich | 30 Oct 11:30 |
| edit text content and properties | Kevin Cozens | 29 Oct 18:12 |
edit text content and properties
Hello Gimp-user-list
One thing Photoshop now does well is to modify text: Select Layer, click, edit... including content, font, and size & units.
On GIMP2, I can select similarly, but edit options seem not to allow easy change of text or properties. Attempting to highlight or select from text box seems to only let me move box, copy all, paste replace.
Without good help, I will need to rebuild pages from scratch.
Regards, Don Miller damiller2@gmail.com
edit text content and properties
On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 9:03 PM, Donald Miller wrote:
On GIMP2, I can select similarly, but edit options seem not to allow easy change of text or properties.
They absolutely do :)
Attempting to highlight or select from text box seems to only let me move box, copy all, paste replace.
This is because you are trying to to enter text editing mode with the Move tool. Try the Text tool instead.
Actually, it's a good point. Automatically entering the text mode from the Move tool after a double click would make sense.
Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org
edit text content and properties
Hello Alexandre
Thanks for fast response.
Sounds logical. Highlighting in place seemed not to work, so I
"use editor", changed px to pt, found NO CHANGE. Also tried editor
with "use selected font", no change. Have previously found GIMP to
reject my mods, including size/ppi.
Is something "protected"?
Also, can one make "Use editor" the default?
Regards,
Don Miller damiller2@gmail.com
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Monday, October 29, 2012, 11:10:09 AM, you wrote:
On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 9:03 PM, Donald Miller wrote:
On GIMP2, I can select similarly, but edit options seem not to allow easy change of text or properties.
They absolutely do :)
Attempting to highlight or select from text box seems to only let me move box, copy all, paste replace.
This is because you are trying to to enter text editing mode with the Move tool. Try the Text tool instead.
Actually, it's a good point. Automatically entering the text mode from the Move tool after a double click would make sense.
Alexandre Prokoudine
http://libregraphicsworld.org
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edit text content and properties
Hello Alexandre
Thanks for fast response.
Sounds logical. Highlighting in place seemed not to work, so I "use editor", changed px to pt, found NO CHANGE. Also tried editor with "use selected font", no change. Have previously found GIMP to reject my mods, including size/ppi.
Is something "protected"?
Also, can one make "Use editor" the default?
Regards,
Don Miller damiller2@gmail.com
====================================== Monday, October 29, 2012, 11:10:09 AM, you wrote:
On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 9:03 PM, Donald Miller wrote:
On GIMP2, I can select similarly, but edit options seem not to allow easy change of text or properties.
They absolutely do :)
Attempting to highlight or select from text box seems to only let me move box, copy all, paste replace.
This is because you are trying to to enter text editing mode with the Move tool. Try the Text tool instead.
Actually, it's a good point. Automatically entering the text mode from the Move tool after a double click would make sense.
Alexandre Prokoudine
Not quite sure at which stage you are editing text. Plenty of how-to's around, mine has the advantage of being only 4 minutes. h.t.t.p://youtu.be/ChcTE9KROmc I had to mux this remove the stops
One snag with formatted text is once transformed if you go back to edit the text, all the formatting is lost. but Gimp does warn you of this.
edit text content and properties
On 12-10-29 01:03 PM, Donald Miller wrote:
On GIMP2, I can select similarly, but edit options seem not to allow easy change of text or properties. Attempting to highlight or select from text box seems to only let me move box, copy all, paste replace.
Apart from needing to select the text too first before you can make changes, you also need to do you mouse clicks when the cursor is over one of the letters in the text box you wish to edit.
edit text content and properties
Hello Rich
Good vid, thanks. Manual site should have links to such external assets, with someone's approval.
Regards,
Don Miller damiller2@gmail.com
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Monday, October 29, 2012, 11:52:04 AM, you wrote:
Hello Alexandre
Thanks for fast response.
Sounds logical. Highlighting in place seemed not to work, so I "use editor", changed px to pt, found NO CHANGE. Also tried editor with "use selected font", no change. Have previously found GIMP to reject my mods, including size/ppi.
Is something "protected"?
Also, can one make "Use editor" the default?
Regards,
Don Miller damiller2@gmail.com
====================================== Monday, October 29, 2012, 11:10:09 AM, you wrote:
On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 9:03 PM, Donald Miller wrote:
On GIMP2, I can select similarly, but edit options seem not to allow easy change of text or properties.
They absolutely do :)
Attempting to highlight or select from text box seems to only let me move box, copy all, paste replace.
This is because you are trying to to enter text editing mode with the Move tool. Try the Text tool instead.
Actually, it's a good point. Automatically entering the text mode from the Move tool after a double click would make sense.
Alexandre Prokoudine
Not quite sure at which stage you are editing text. Plenty of how-to's around, mine has the advantage of being only 4 minutes. h.t.t.p://youtu.be/ChcTE9KROmc I had to mux this remove the stops
One snag with formatted text is once transformed if you go back to edit the text, all the formatting is lost. but Gimp does warn you of this.
edit text content and properties
Hello Rich & group
Ok, I've chosen Text-tool, clicked string and highlighted, reset px to pt
and large size, and nothing changes. If I press enter or select move tool,
string can be erased from box. Ctrl-z brings back string.
(1) how can one safely exit the text box?
(2) why don't my changes stick?
"Use editor" seemed not to help.
On other text boxes, I HAVE succeeded, but don't know what was different.
Regards,
Don Miller damiller2@gmail.com
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Monday, October 29, 2012, 12:32:29 PM, you wrote:
Hello Rich
Good vid, thanks. Manual site should have links to such external assets, with someone's approval.
Regards,
Don Miller damiller2@gmail.com
====================================== Monday, October 29, 2012, 11:52:04 AM, you wrote:
Hello Alexandre
Thanks for fast response.
Sounds logical. Highlighting in place seemed not to work, so I "use editor", changed px to pt, found NO CHANGE. Also tried editor with "use selected font", no change. Have previously found GIMP to reject my mods, including size/ppi.
Is something "protected"?
Also, can one make "Use editor" the default?
Regards,
Don Miller damiller2@gmail.com
====================================== Monday, October 29, 2012, 11:10:09 AM, you wrote:
On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 9:03 PM, Donald Miller wrote:
On GIMP2, I can select similarly, but edit options seem not to allow easy change of text or properties.
They absolutely do :)
Attempting to highlight or select from text box seems to only let me move box, copy all, paste replace.
This is because you are trying to to enter text editing mode with the Move tool. Try the Text tool instead.
Actually, it's a good point. Automatically entering the text mode from the Move tool after a double click would make sense.
Alexandre Prokoudine
Not quite sure at which stage you are editing text. Plenty of how-to's around, mine has the advantage of being only 4 minutes. h.t.t.p://youtu.be/ChcTE9KROmc I had to mux this remove the stops
One snag with formatted text is once transformed if you go back to edit the text, all the formatting is lost. but Gimp does warn you of this.
edit text content and properties
Hello Rich & group
Ok, I've chosen Text-tool, clicked string and highlighted, reset px to pt and large size, and nothing changes. If I press enter or select move tool, string can be erased from box. Ctrl-z brings back string. (1) how can one safely exit the text box? (2) why don't my changes stick?
"Use editor" seemed not to help.
On other text boxes, I HAVE succeeded, but don't know what was different.
.....snip.........
Another day another challenge, In case you have not already figured it out.
1. Gimp does not have a neutral tool as such, just select any other tool to exit the text tool.
2. They should stick, do you mean that while using the text tool if you click on the canvas to start new text the text properties revert back to those in the text options dialog. That is normal. composite screenshot http://i.imgur.com/36rKP.jpg
