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apollo [ Sun Jan 12, 2020 6:19 am ]

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background and foreground: discussion of a little GIMPWork with b/w

hello dear all good day,

working on a little campaign i need to have a kind of a school- or classroom that functions as a kind of foil in the background where in the foreground i set a claim...

version a. Wir suchen die digitalsteschule Deutschlands.
es geht um unser Land

translated: were looking for the most digital school in Germany
its about our country.

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version b. Wo ist die digitalste Schule Deutschlands
es geht um unser Land

translated: where is the most digital school in Germany
its about our country.

question: i want to know which image looks more convincing and nice. Which is better.
I have created several views on the version a. - small and narrow look and view and a more widescaled view

i have created one version of b:

i for one - like the version a. and especially the one with the narrow look - wehre we cannot see the full classroom.

what do you say - which one do you like most!?

love to hear from you
btw- have a great day

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Author:	apollo [ Sun Jan 12, 2020 6:27 am ]
Post subject:	Re: background and foreground: discussion of a little GIMPWork with b
hi there was not able to add the third image - the version a - narrow-view: - which i like most. now i add this image here. Attachment: classroom_version_a_narrow_view_low_res.jpg [ 110.48 KiB \| Viewed 1765 times ] i look forward to hear from you regards

Author:	Nidhogg [ Sun Jan 12, 2020 8:10 am ]
Post subject:	Re: background and foreground: discussion of a little GIMPWork with b
The classroom looks really dark, first I would make it brighter. Never been a fan of placing text inside blocks, using Gimp's text tool I would type the quote on the bottom. Centered, using some common font in same size and color for all the text. Add a stroke and subtle shadow to make sure it doesn't blend with the image.

Author:	apollo [ Sun Jan 12, 2020 3:05 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: background and foreground: discussion of a little GIMPWork with b
hello dear Nidhogg, first of all - many many thanks for the quick reply and for all idea-sharing. I am very glad to hear from you. - youre right. the classroom is pretty dark. I guess that i have to make it a bit brighter. - regarding the text block that i have placed in the center of the picture. You prefer placing the text to toe bottom - centered. good idea. what do you mean by Nidhogg wrote: adding a stroke and subtle shadow to make sure it doesn't blend with the image. i will digg deeper and try out to go ahead - many many thanks for all you did. have a great day.

Author:	Nidhogg [ Mon Jan 13, 2020 4:02 am ]
Post subject:	Re: background and foreground: discussion of a little GIMPWork with b
Stroke is the line around text. It's a usual, simple technique to make text stand out or separate it from the background. There is the layerfx plug-in, but I recommend Ofnuts' ofn-outline-layer.py It's almost on top, here: Code: Select all `https://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-tools/files/scripts/` Extract the zip archive and put the .py file in the Gimp user plug-ins folder. You didn't mention your OS, in Windows (Gimp 2.10 series) that is: C:/Users/"YourUserName"/AppData/Roaming/GIMP/2.10/plug-ins In Linux: /home/config/GIMP/2.10/plug-ins Menu entry for the plug-in is Layer/Outline Layer Contents. This is pretty simple plug-in, play with the settings and you'll soon find a pleasing result. Note that it uses the active background color to stroke the path. Just a quick example using Titillium font.

Author:	Mainah_Ayuh [ Mon Jan 13, 2020 8:22 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: background and foreground: discussion of a little GIMPWork with b
1) Brighten classroom using Colors/curves 2) Place text on front of classroom using text tool with corbel bold font color white (ffff) 3) Add long shadow to text filters\light & shadow\ long shadow color blue (2747c7). Shadow length 3-4.5, Angle 85 to 95 all other settings as is. 4) Position text using Unified Transform Tool. Mainah_Ayuh

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