[Shadow Tyrant]

Waltograph. :w:

[omgitzkane]

cool

[frank34443]

LOL i did a tut like this a few days ago... good job cause you actually added images.

[vilyt-]

Ahh.. thanks, I have been wondering on how to do this..
heres my testing result (if you wanted to see..)

[Aik]

thx...i nvr knew you could do this

[casemods]

I have a slight problem...the outline is taking up the whole image, instead of just the bottom, or selected text area, so it covers up the image :\

Edit: Never mind, I got it...

One sec while I finish my first pro text edit :)

Ok, here is my parody of the orange box from valve

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/7753/t ... mp2xz9.jpg

For some reason I can't get the tags to work...

About orange box: It's a package of games for PC. Some of the best games.

Thanks for this tutorial! It's probably the only thing I'm going to do with gimp for the most part :p

[HELPMEWITHGIMP]

omg i need help with this....

what do you mean when you say ................

"5. Make a new transparent layer, and place it underneath the text layer. Select the color you want your outline to be as the foreground or background color. I chose black. Then go to edit > fill with bg/fg color, whichever has the color you want your outline to be. Then go to select > none, and there you have it! "

how do you make a new layer ?

I'm sorry for being a noob , but help!

[JamesH]

Menu Layer > New Layer
or
Layer dialog right-click in a layer thumbnail opens the Layer menu.

[Nick Awesome]

5. Make a new transparent layer, and place it underneath the text layer. Select the color you want your outline to be as the foreground or background color. I chose black. Then go to edit > fill with bg/fg color, whichever has the color you want your outline to be. Then go to select > none, and there you have it!
for that part i know how to add a new layer but when it says and place it underneath the text layer thats when it looses me

[Nick Awesome]

i got step five but then this part
Select the color you want your outline to be as the foreground or background color. I chose black. Then go to edit > fill with bg/fg color,
when i fill it it fills the entire text space

[Nick Awesome]

i think i did it dunno well here's my try

[misscutieg]

thank you

[zenron]

cool was wondering how people did that

[jagmind]

Having a problem. Pretty sure I did everything right as said in the tutorial. When I go to save and export, the background is red(color of the text border). I've done it 3 times and its the same result each time.

[Taks]

Hi,

I know this was posted ages ago but trying anyway.
I have tried numerous times to follow the instructions, and like Nick awesome the whole text gets filled with the new colour. I am also having trouble placing new transparent layer under text because you cant move it but if you select it to be the same size as old layer, then it should be under, right? Except it still doesnt work. The easier method of stroking selection works but comes out a lil blury.

Taks

[Taks]

Nick Awesome, on 17 April 2008 - 05:26 AM, said:

i think i did it dunno well here's my try

Hi,

I know this was posted ages ago but trying anyway.
I have tried numerous times to follow the instructions, and like Nick awesome the whole text gets filled with the new colour. I am also having trouble placing new transparent layer under text because you cant move it but if you select it to be the same size as old layer, then it should be under, right? Except it still doesnt work. The easier method of stroking selection works but comes out a lil blury.

Taks

[Solartide]

Didn't read the tutorial, it seems like an easy thing to do.

So first off, I have my arbitrary background. This is on the background layer.



Then I use the text tool to put some text in. This is on a text layer above the background layer.



When you create a new layer, the layer is placed above your current layer. You can click and drag the layer to move it in the layers dialog later. For now I'm going to select the background layer, and click new layer.



Since my background layer was my active layer, my new layer was created between my text and my background layer.



I'm going to right click on my text layer in the layers dialog and choose alpha to selection. Or I can just hold down alt and click the text layer thumbnail in the layers dialog.



Now I'm going to make sure my new layer between the text and background is active. Again, activate that layer by clicking on it in the layers dialog.

I'm going to right click in the image, Select -> Grow. Gonna grow it by 4 pixels.



Then I just click and drag the black square in the tools box over to the image.



And here is my final result:



Went and lowered the opacity on the black layer to around 35 for aesthetic reasons.

This post has been edited by Solartide: 19 June 2012 - 07:09 PM

[She Who Glows]

Thanks for putting this up, I've been trying to do this for a long time.

[Tim]

I use Alpha to Selection a lot for text, few examples below, done very quickly using Bauhaus purely for the purpose of illustration.



1. Original type.

2. Alpha to Selection - Gradient fill (used one of the presets for this, Gold)

3. Alpha to selection - Grow selection - new layer - fill and place behind (as above)

4. Alpha to selection (used outline layer) - new layer fill - move layer (for hard drop shadow)

5. Alpha to selection (used outline layer) - feather selection - Fill - Move - Adjust Opacity (for soft shadow)

6. Alpha to selection (type, not outline) - shrink selection - Feather - Invert - Airbrush highlights shadow etc - Alpha to selection (type) - invert - clear - Adjust opacity.

I know there are drop shadow tools etc but I find you can have much more control this way.

Like I say just rough examples quickly done.