Hey I'm gonna show you how to do Molten Lava text....

Step 1: Open up a blank canvas (any size will do) I used the defalut size.
Step 2: Fill the new canvas background with black.
Step 3: Type your text, select the size (anything over 60 is good), and select the font(I used Roostheavy) The color of the text is: White
Step 4: Rotate your text 90* ClockWise (CW)
Step 5: Select WIND from the Filters menu...Check Blast for Style/Right Side/and Edge Affected: Leading
Threshold: 15
Strength: 10
Step 6: Rotate your text 90* CounterClock Wise (CCW)
Step 7: Select Bump Map from Filters menu, adjust the sliders and drop menus to the picture you see here...
Step 8: Add New layer (Transparent)/ Mode set to: Normal
Step 9: Select your text layer from the layers menu
Step 10: Open up "Glowing Hot" /under Script-Fu menu
Effect Size: 95
Background Color: Red
Step 11: Open up: "Levels" Color/Levels
Set Input levels at: (ORDER: left to right) 100/ 0.20/ 246
Leave the output levels alone.
Step 12: Merge ALL layers down.

and your done! The finished Molten Lava text should look something like this:

Leave the output levels alone

wow, I'm gonna have to try this

crap, so I WAS supposed to use the levels tool.
lol

I was wondering why yours was a little weird...

1 question how do u Merge ALL layers down?? I could not get it too work :s:

right click on the layers dialouge, and click "merge visible layers".

I'm stuck on step seven.. what am I bump mapping the text to? Why is yours already lava like. Mine looks nothing like that by step six.

That actually looks pretty sweet. The lava kinda makes it look bulky, but yours looks awesome.

Is it possible to change the color of the text for the final result, instead of it just being bright yellow and whatnot?

Im trying to make a sig with this, but I want the glowing letters to be blue. I tried making the text blue intially, and then following the tut, but no dice.

Thanks for any help.

once you are all done with this tut /go to layers colors colourise

Have you tried Tools>colour tools> colourise?

Edit: great minds think alike right?

hey I used this to make a trippy background for my desktop/website, great tutorial.
http://www.crypt.cc/gfx/bg2.jpg if you want to see it I was having trouble inserting an image to my post

look at this:

Hey, can you help me? There's no WIND option in my "filters" tab.
EDIT: I don't have bump map either.

First post here . . . but in hopes of answering By Zero Six Three's question:

Right after step 2 add a new transparent layer, then continue on to step 3 (adding text).
Hope this helps.

Hi, Im really new, and where do you find the text layer fomr the layer menu? I cant find it...

k theres an ezier way to mak glowing lava text goto the gimp and pick Xtns>and and goto script fu>logos and go to glowing text and then pick the size and the background color and there you go glowing lava text

cool, look!!!!

Okay, there it is....I hope it's okay...

sonic chao i think yours is overblurred..

heres mine :w:
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m55/DANGLE_2006/dangit.jpg

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nightmareish no?

i didnt like how it turned out so i used channel mixer

QUESTION: I'm new to gimp, obviously by another newbie question. xP What is the layer menu that you can select different layers? And how do you set a layer mode? Thanks in advance,
-Bulldozer