On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 5:05 PM, Fabio Colella wrote:

Hello, I create adverts with Gimp for my magazine www.sardegnaannunci.com . A feature that I need would be to create border around text. I reach this target with multiple shade effects or selecing the text using selection by color, then selection->border and the filling it with color on a second level under the text (if I do this in the same level I loose antialias on the text). The problem is that when I want to change the text I have to delete the levels for this, edit the text and then create the effect again. Isn't possible to add a feature or a plugin with wich I can edit the text and the effect together? Or better, a real editor with border an shadow effects?

It's in the plans, but don't expect it any time soon.

In the mean time I suggest you try Inkscape or Scribus and play with stroke color and width.

Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org

Hello, I create adverts with Gimp for my magazine www.sardegnaannunci.com .
A feature that I need would be to create border around text. I reach this target with multiple shade effects or selecing the text using
selection by color, then selection->border and the filling it with

It might be better to do this by selecting the text layer and then in the layers dialog, Alpha to selection

color on
a second level under the text (if I do this in the same level I loose antialias on the text). The problem is that when I want to change the text

You might be better off duplicating the text layer (maybe several times) and adjusting the text to a selection of sizes for each layer. Switch the visibility of the layers on and off as you try things out.

I have to delete the levels for this, edit the text and then create the
effect again. Isn't possible to add a feature or a plugin with wich I can
edit the text and the effect together? Or better, a real editor with border
an shadow effects?
Like the one there's on Libre Office.

Owen

On 11/26/2012 02:05 PM, Fabio Colella wrote:

Hello, I create adverts with Gimp for my magazine www.sardegnaannunci.com .
A feature that I need would be to create border around text. I reach this target with multiple shade effects or selecing the text using selection by color, then selection->border and the filling it with color on a second level under the text (if I do this in the same level I loose antialias on the text).

Better method for a very clean result: create a "Path" for the text (right click on text layer, + "Text to path"), then "Edit/Stroke path" with a sufficiently wide line.

The problem is that when I want to change the text I have to delete the levels for this, edit the text and then create the effect again. Isn't possible to add a feature or a plugin with wich I can edit the text and the effect together? Or better, a real editor with border an shadow effects?
Like the one there's on Libre Office.

Not right now, but there is an underlying structure change in Gimp that will make this built-in in the future (it's easy to do in LO because the set of possible transforms is limited).